[Soekris] Choosing Compact flash (Was: Memory upgrade)

[Pontus Pihlgren]

Bent skrev:
> For what it is worth, here is a measurement done on a 5501 running Gentoo Linux:
>
> leopold ~ # hdparm -tT /dev/hda
>
> /dev/hda:
>  Timing cached reads:   390 MB in  2.01 seconds = 194.14 MB/sec
>  Timing buffered disk reads:   34 MB in  3.14 seconds =  10.82 MB/sec
> leopold ~ # hdparm -tT /dev/hdb
>
> /dev/hdb:
>  Timing cached reads:   388 MB in  2.00 seconds = 194.03 MB/sec
>  Timing buffered disk reads:   72 MB in  3.05 seconds =  23.60 MB/sec
> leopold ~ #
>
> hda is a 8 GB SanDisk Ultra II. It is spec'ed to 10 MB/s on the package.
>   
That is certainly encouraging. Anyone who has a card marked 20 MB/s that 
could do the same?
> hdb is a 80 GB Seagate SATA disk.
>
> 73,  Bent
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