From: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com (Earnie Boyd)
Subject: Re: CygWin32 B19 over a Network Drive
29 Apr 1998 19:53:41 -0700
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To: Ronald DOT Pijnacker AT best DOT ms DOT philips DOT com, cygwin <gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com>

---Ronald Pijnacker <Ronald DOT Pijnacker AT best DOT ms DOT philips DOT com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> 
> For a while I am using CygWin32 B19.1 on a WindowsNT 4.0. We have
> set-up a small cvs-repository over a Network Drive. My experience with
> this is that accessing files and listing directories on the Networked
> drive is _much_ slower under cygwin32 than e.g. at the ms-dos command
> prompt. Is there a reason for this? Could I do anything about it?

Yes there is a reason, it is the UNIX filesystem emulation.  This
causes 4 to 5 times more disk io.  No, you can't do anything about it
if you want the UNIX filesystem emulation layer.

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 	Ronald Pijnacker
> 	rhp AT iname DOT com
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