<div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"># hdparm -i /dev/hda;hdparm -tT /dev/hda<br><br>/dev/hda:<br><br> Model=WDC WD1600JB-00GVA0, FwRev=
08.02D08, SerialNo=WD-WMAL92166621<br> Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec SpinMotCtl Fixed DTR>5Mbs FmtGapReq }<br> RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=57600, SectSize=600, ECCbytes=74<br> BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=8192kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
<br> CurCHS=4047/16/255, CurSects=16511760, LBA=yes, LBAsects=268435455<br> IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}<br> PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4<br> DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2<br> UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
<br> AdvancedPM=no WriteCache=enabled<br> Drive conforms to: Unspecified: ATA/ATAPI-1 ATA/ATAPI-2 ATA/ATAPI-3 ATA/ATAPI-4 ATA/ATAPI-5 ATA/ATAPI-6<br><br> * signifies the current active mode<br><br><br>/dev/hda:<br> Timing cached reads: 328 MB in
2.00 seconds = 163.76 MB/sec<br> Timing buffered disk reads: 154 MB in 3.05 seconds = 50.51 MB/sec<br>_______________________________________________________________________<br><br></blockquote></div>The bottom number is not bad considering that your drive is a 3 to 4 year old model. The top number is the one I would worry about. 164 MB /s is absolutely abysmal for any current computer. I get 10 to 20 times that on my mythbox. What are your system specs?
<br><br>John<br>