Moving files from ext2 to FAT32 under FC3 is VERY slow!

[Hervé Pagès]

Hi everybody,

Today I had to move some big divx files from a ext2 to a NTFS partition, 
both
on the same disk (/dev/hda2 and /dev/hda1 respectively). Since my FC3 
installation
does not handle NTFS, I first moved them to an intermediate FAT32 
partition located
on another local drive (/dev/hdd10), rebooted on Windows XP and then 
moved them
from E: (/dev/hdd10 again) to C: (/dev/hda1).
It tooks 50 min for FC3 to move my stuff (7.3 GB) from /dev/hda2 to 
/dev/hdd10.
Then it took only 5 min for Windows XP to move the same stuff from 
/dev/hdd10
to /dev/hda1.
Hence transfer speed was 24 MB/s under Windows XP (which seems something
normal) while it was 10 times slower under FC3. Any idea of what's going 
one here?

FC3 is running on an Athlon 2400 XP with 512 MB of RAM.
/dev/hda is a Seagate Barracuda 120 GB / 7200 rpm / 8 MB cache (ST3120026A).
No /dev/hdb.
/dev/hdd is a Seagate Barracuda 80 GB / 5400 rpm / 2 MB cache (ST380021A).
Sony CD/DVD combo on /dev/hdc.

Hervé