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@mitu said in Slow writing to external HDD:
copying ROMs over the network
Yes and no. The copy over the network is quite slow (roughly 200KBps), but not as slow. But if it's a power issue, it might still make kind of sense, since when I copy stuff over usually I'm not playing. Still, the difference in speed even here is really drastic (a snes savestate is just a couple of megs, and it still takes 20ish seconds).
does it draw power from the Pi or has it's own power source
From the PI, I assumed since I was using the original Pi charger the board would be able to provide enough juice, I'll try with an external powered one and let you know.