1) I have been playing on using ext2 + packet writing. It seems much faster than UDF on copying /usr/src/linux (many small files). Have anyone else the same experience? Is there any drawback to use ext2 but having cd-rw's that are only readable in linux?
see: Re: mixed read/write operation From: Peter Osterlund (petero2_at_telia.com) Date: Thu Jul 18 2002 - 23:31:21 CEST
2) I'll probably try 2.5 sometime soon. It is supposed to be much more responsive than 2.4, right? Usually, while I am writing to the cd-rw my machine becomes useless with 2.4. Hope this is fixed in 2.5. Have anyone managed to try 2.4 with Con Kolivas patch + packet writing? Is it more responsive than vanilla 2.4?
It seem to have problems with the backport of O(1) scheduler. correct me if i wrong. Carlo