[ale] [OT] Flash Drive Lag

[Preston Boyington]

I just got one of the 2GB Flash Drives from MicroCenter.  Immediately I
rsync'd all my portable software and other data from my 512mb thumbdrive
and anxiously waited to play with my new toy.  well, I'm pretty
disappointed.  this thing is extremely slow compared to my 512. i had
heard that flash drives slow as the size goes up (ie. a 512mb would be
faster than a 1GB), but this is mindnumbing.

i wondered if partitioning the drive would make a difference?  i wanted
a larger drive mainly to have DSL and a couple of other 'nix toys
available while i am traveling and having to use others win machines.

worst case i will go back to using my 512 for daily usage and keep this
as an auxiliary data drive.  although that would be disappointing.  will
see if the speed is better on my linux box this afternoon.