i’ve installed manjaro 21 xfce on an external 5200rpm hdd connected to a computer running windows 10 using usb and it’s running very slow. booting takes minutes to complete, as does clicking apps. sometimes connectivity (wi-fi) isn’t available in the network icon on the taskbar.
here’s my partition:
/dev/sdc1 500M EFI System (/boot, fat32)
/dev/sdc2 2G Linux swap
/dev/sdc3 30G Linux filesystem (/)
/dev/sdc4 70.1G Linux filesystem (/home)
/dev/sdc5 195.5G Microsoft basic data (ntfs)
been using the same setup (docked hard disk, connected with usb) to a laptop since manjaro 17 without problem (albeit it always ran out of ram).
is there anything i can do to fix it? thanks in advance.
ps: i’m a n00b so plz be nice to me, and my english is not too good
Think about it: You ride a bike and manage 10 rpm when you go up the hill and wonder why it’s too slow. Then you look behind and see a column of trailers you’re pulling along and think to yourself, “Aw shucks, I can still do that!”"
rotating HDD itself is slow
USB connection is slow
HDD is running 5200rpm which is slow
if the disk is nearly full, then it is also slow
Of course, it is also necessary to mention the services that you start when you go uphill.