Toshiba Canvio External HDD <80kb/s transfer speed

tg550 · 08-04-2022, 11:42 AM

Ok thanks, so just paste this line in fstab save it and when I plug the drive in it should work right?

Code:

mount -o async,flush /dev/sdb/mount/usbmountpointorsomeothernameicanchoose

computersavvy · 08-04-2022, 12:34 PM

The command given was a cli example.
Read the man page for fstab to know the format and what each field is for with allowed content.

In general it is (where the last 2 are numbers and depend upon your wishes)
device mount-point type options ? ?

tg550 · 08-06-2022, 11:20 AM

I'm not sure I follow what you're saying computersavvyy. Whats a 'cli example' ?

Also I don't understand this part, what are you referring to?

Quote:

Originally Posted by computersavvy

In general it is (where the last 2 are numbers and depend upon your wishes)
device mount-point type options ? ?

computersavvy · 08-06-2022, 12:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tg550

I'm not sure I follow what you're saying computersavvyy. Whats a 'cli example' ?

'cli' --> command line interface.
An example that is shown for use on the command line. Often using example paths and names instead of literal as would be done on your own system.

Quote:

Also I don't understand this part, what are you referring to?

Code:

Originally Posted by computersavvy View Post
In general it is (where the last 2 are numbers and depend upon your wishes)
device mount-point type options ? ?

The syntax used for an entry in /etc/fstab. Look at the actual entries there and you see it is far different structure from what is used to perform a mount from the command line. 'man fstab'

Your post #16 would never work in /etc/fstab

tg550 · 08-06-2022, 12:33 PM

Ok thanks, so maybe you can help me understand what and where I would put into fstab then? As I look back over the posts I just feel more confused now.

I think I understand fstab I'm just not confident editing it.

business_kid · 08-06-2022, 01:41 PM

The key words from computersavvy's post were:

Code:

man fstab

Try it. read it. That's how you learn.

teckk · 08-06-2022, 04:15 PM

https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/3812...-does-it-work/
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Fstab
https://slackwiki.com/Fstab
https://wiki.debian.org/fstab

tg550 · 08-07-2022, 03:43 AM

I pasted the following in to my fstab and it didn't help

Code:

dev/disk/by-uuid/F444938644934A6E      /media/ToshibaHDD       ntfs    async,flush     0 0

I'm also unsure what the -o means in your post teckk, can you explain please?

Code:

mount -o async,flush /dev/sdb1 ~/mount/dir

I've read through some of the links you posted, the first one is way clearer than the other rubbish I've read on fstab, very helpful thanks.

teckk · 08-07-2022, 07:33 AM

Most linux commands have a man page. Open up a terminal and enter:

Code:

man fstab
man mount

You can then scroll down/up with the up/down keys. You can search for a term with the / key, then enter the search term. In this case -o. You can then jump to each occurrence of -o with the n key.

You can also make a text/pdf/html file from a man page.

Examples:

Code:

man -P cat mount > mount.txt
man mount | roff2text > mount.txt
man mount | col -b > mount.txt
man -t mount | ps2ascii - mount.txt

You are going to have to start reading the man pages. That is where the info is. Set your machine up the way that you want.

Man pages are also online.
https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/
http://man.he.net/
https://linux.die.net/man/

tg550 · 08-07-2022, 09:18 AM

Thanks again for that helpful info, of course I'm reading everything I can find to understand better and to try and solve the problem but as a relative newcomer to Linux I'm understandably (I would hope) hesitant about editing these types of things.

The problem still isn't solved though, I edited fstab with your suggestions teckk and nothing has changed, the drive mounts automatically and the write speeds are still insanely slow at <80kb/s. Any ideas what else I can do other than sell the thing?

DownSouth · 08-07-2022, 09:40 AM

tg550

Your comment at the start of post #23

computersavvy & business_kid gave you good advice, not their fault if you don't use it.

Don't come on here insulting people who are volunteering their time & experience.

tg550 · 08-07-2022, 10:28 AM

I'm not here to be condescended to, I'm asking for help and clarification. Do you really have nothing better to do with your time and energy than stick your neck in to something that doesn't involve you and stoke the fire? Pretty pathetic if you ask me...

Timothy Miller · 08-07-2022, 08:23 PM

@tg550, stop the insuts to forum members. If you don't like someone's answer, you have every right to say it's not helpful, but stop using insulting language to do so. If this behaviour persists, your rights to post will be removed.

tg550 · 08-08-2022, 11:28 AM

Are you going to warn the other members about their conduct or is it just me? I noticed you allowed down south's comment to stand, maybe you can explain why you have double standards?

Timothy Miller · 08-08-2022, 11:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tg550

Are you going to warn the other members about their conduct or is it just me? I noticed you allowed down south's comment to stand, maybe you can explain why you have double standards?

It's not a double standard, it's simply a question of responding to reports. Noone reported his reply, at least 1 user reported your reply(ies). So I wasn't concerned with looking at anyone else's replies, just the ones that get reported.