Robert <kerplop at sbcglobal.net> wrote: > for dir in bin boot etc home initrd lib lost+found misc > opt root \ > sbin selinux srv tftpboot \ > usr var ; do > find /$dir -depth -print0 | cpio --null -pmd $UD/$DT > echo `date` Completed: /$dir >>$PF > done That's not a good benchmark. You're adding the overhead of inode/tree traversal and all sorts of other factors. You're easily cutting performance by 2-3x over. Since USB 2.0 EHCI is capable of only 60MBps (480Mbps) theoretical, and Intel openly admits that only 30MBps is realistic, 8.8MBps is not unreasonable for this command. Try a "raw" dd from /dev/zero, that is at least 2x your memory: dd if=/dev/zero of=(some file) bs=8M count=1000 Or consider a bonnie benchmark. -- Bryan J. Smith | Sent from Yahoo Mail mailto:b.j.smith at ieee.org | (please excuse any http://thebs413.blogspot.com/ | missing headers)