Description of problem: When I use Copy/Paste command, the writing process is VERY ineffective. Just try to write large file ti ntfs volume to see what I mean (you need ntfsprogs from www.linux-ntfs.org) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.14.1-1.fc5.1 How reproducible: Frequently when writing files larger 1M to ntfs volumes Steps to Reproduce: 1.make sure you have lates ntfsprogs (www.linux-ntfs.org) 2.mount ntfs volume with it. 3.try to copy large file to this volume Actual results: Expected results: Additional info: ntfsprogs developers confirm that this is known nautilus bug. You are very well advesed to fix it
Note that this happens not in all folders. To some folders you can copy normally and to other ones - buggy
Is it only slow on ntfs? Is it copies from other filesystems to ntfs, or ntfs to ntfs. Exactly what did the ntfs developers say. We use the same writing code on all filesystems, it shouldn't be slower on some only.
Here's part of dialog with ntfsprogs developers: The Source Guest PostPosted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 4:58 pm Post subject: Writing is slow Reply with quote I use ntfsprogs to mount and use my ntfs volumes. It allows me to write to ntfs but on very low speed. What is the problem? Should I set some options to ntfsmount to fix this? Back to top The Source Guest PostPosted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 5:17 pm Post subject: console and nautilus Reply with quote Hmm.... If I use cp command, then writing is fast, but if I use Copy/Paste by nautilus then it is very slow Back to top The Source Guest PostPosted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 5:26 pm Post subject: nautilus bug Reply with quote Looks like it is nautilus incompatibility Writing in any other way is fast Back to top szaka Linux NTFS developer Joined: 08 Sep 2005 Posts: 158 Location: Nagykanizsa, Hungary PostPosted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 5:39 pm Post subject: Writing is slow Reply with quote On Fri, 7 Jul 2006, Anonymous wrote: Quote: Looks like it is nautilus incompatibility Yes, it's known nautilus is very inefficent. Try to upgrade your distro (which is actually what?), perhaps they fixed it already. If not then please report to them. Thanks.
Not very detailed. We use standard read write calls to copy files. I'm not sure how that could work fine on all filesystems except ntfs (especially how it can work on some folders and not others!). Anyway, we (==redhat) don't support ntfs, neither do i have any ntfs filesystems to test on, so I can't really do much about this right now.