Knoppix Performance on USB with ReiserFS

[utu]

Greetings, fmateo.

In regard to times-to-get-on-line, It looks like we get about the
same result for 'timeto', if you're using that for your estimate.

You may have noticed that 'timeto' is not a great estimate if you
use a watch and count the seconds from 'enter' at the Knoppix boot
prompt until the time the network manager icon says you are on-line.
I get somewhere between 50 and 60 watch-seconds depending, possibly,
on which and how many USBs are plugged into the laptop.

'timeto' just tells us how long the first syslog takes. I don't think
it accounts for the initial USB searches and kernel loading, all
happening before there is any terminal record of events.

I think the un-accounted for time may be in the vicinity of 15 to 22 seconds.