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    gerlos gerlos

    Any way to make # less resource hungry? Backing up big files from old !Debian server to usbdisk, CPU is the bottleneckk !GNU !linux

    Friday, 28-Sep-12 13:44:07 UTC from identi.ca at 38°7'0"N 13°19'59"E
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      gerlos gerlos

      I'd be more than happy to use #, but need to use that drive also with Windows and OSX, and afaik # is the only choice (or not?) :-(

      Saturday, 29-Sep-12 15:29:12 UTC from identi.ca at 38°7'0"N 13°19'59"E
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      gerlos gerlos

      @cyberkiller and this must be said: don't know why, but # sucks on # a LOT more than on !GNU !Linux (tried on a dual boot mac)

      Saturday, 29-Sep-12 15:33:27 UTC from identi.ca at 38°7'0"N 13°19'59"E
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      gerlos gerlos

      @esdaniel Thanks for the link! I'll try to defragment, disable compression on the drive and using the big_writes # option

      Saturday, 29-Sep-12 15:35:26 UTC from identi.ca at 38°7'0"N 13°19'59"E
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      gerlos gerlos

      @mmm I'll give # a try, but googling seems that there's still some gotchas. Maybe there's no better solution than # atm, must adapt

      Saturday, 29-Sep-12 17:00:01 UTC from identi.ca at 38°7'0"N 13°19'59"E
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      gerlos gerlos

      @clacke @boneidol it's frustrating: # can't deal with files bigger than 4 GB. Maybe #?Never tried,but I read of patents troubles :-(

      Saturday, 29-Sep-12 17:37:24 UTC from identi.ca at 38°7'0"N 13°19'59"E
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      samatjain samatjain

      FYI, tips for using a disk as UDF for sharing files between !Linux and Windows: http://identi.ca/url/73741520

      Saturday, 29-Sep-12 23:17:51 UTC from identi.ca