If the image file on your SD card is fragmented it can impact the performance.
You will see a warning:
- file is fragmented, see https://github.com/erichelgeson/BlueSCSI/wiki/Image-File-Fragmentation
which leads you to this page.
https://github.com/greiman/SdFat/issues/256#issuecomment-778795554
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