Mail Archives: cygwin/2007/06/15/13:23:41
fergus wrote:
> > I'm not sure why 'setup.exe' would take significantly longer to
> > install than a copy when it comes to putting it on a USB drive
> > (never tried it).
> > Obviously, you'd skip the download part and install from a
> > previously downloaded local directory of packages (that got created
> > when you installed Cygwin on the source machine).
>
> Yes, the time taken isn't in the downloading but in the writing to the
> USB device. I think this is a feature of Windows' management of the
> activity, however it's contrived (whether setup or copy or unzip). I
> wrote to the flash drive manufacturer with a sheaf of time stats,
> moaning about the geological duration of minor tasks. They replied,
> That's normal.
>
> On the other hand, if (as I intended to make clear but didn't) you
> devolve the task to Linux with
>
> cp -vr /host /target # or equivalent
>
> then the whole thing absolutely flies along, the blue light flashing on
> the target device like a cop car, and the file audit screaming up the
> screen too fast even to count the pages. I reckon 160,000 files / 3.6G
> in less than an hour (I've got a lot under /home/). Quite what holds
> Windows up, I can't think. It would be easier to hew the files out of
> granite.
Perhaps a virus scanner or other "protection" software is getting involved
in the Windows case?
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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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