Rodrigo Barbosa wrote: > mode1 blocksize=512 compression=1 > mode2 blocksize=1024 compression=1 Never tested it in Linux, but I've always found it better with new fast tape devices to use larger blocksizes, or variable size. Have you benchmarked the speed with blocksize=0 (variable) or 10K or 20K? -- //Morten Torstensen //Email: morten at mortent.org //IM: Cartoon at jabber.no morten.torstensen at gmail.com And if it turns out that there is a God, I don't believe that he is evil. The worst that can be said is that he's an underachiever.