[lug] SSH CVS slow on FAT partition

[Glenn Murray]

Hi,

I'm using ssh to connect to a CVS repository.  I run "cvs update ."
and it takes 17 seconds under Windoze cygwin, but under Linux it takes
a long, long time: it's currently taking over 30 minutes.  

The working directory is in a Win2K Fat partition, which seems to be
the source of the problem.  When I update to my Linux partition it
is snappy.  Just updating a few text files on the Win2K partition
takes many seconds.

What could be the cause of this?  I have a hard time believing it is
because of end-of-line conversion.

I am running 
SSH Version OpenSSH_2.3.0p1, protocol versions 1.5/2.0. 
The server with the repository is running  
SSH Secure Shell 2.4.0 (non-commercial version) on powerpc-ibm-aix4.3.3.0 

Thanks,
Glenn Murray
www.mines.edu/~glenn/public_html/Welcome.html