04-11-2012
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methyl
I don't think that tar or cp are the right commands.
Not being your preferred commands isn't what's making them operate slow, however. I sincerely doubt cpio is going to break the speed barrier here.
What bus speeds would you expect from your disks, omnisppot? Could you be having southbridge issues -- perhaps the bus is saturated?
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