On Fri, 26 Dec 2003, Jim Lambert wrote:

> dd if=disk.image of=/dev/rwd1c bs=512
>
> I am achieving a transfer rate of about 120,000 bytes per second. My 512
> megabyte compact flash will therefore take over an hour to copy over the
> disk image.

a larger block size of 16k will probably be faster. i wouldn't expect it
to be too fast, though reads should be faster. if your application calls
for reading 512M of data regularly, maybe compact flash isn't the best
solution. most people i know using compact flash only boot from it, and
rarely touch it after.

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