On Sat, 2007-01-13 at 16:30 -0500, Stephen Harris wrote: > On Sat, Jan 13, 2007 at 02:18:12PM -0700, Craig White wrote: > > /dev/hda6: > > Timing buffered disk reads: 4 MB in 3.63 seconds = 1.10 MB/sec > > What does "hdparm -i /dev/hda" say? ---- # hdparm -i /dev/hda /dev/hda: Model=WDC WD800JB-00JJA0, FwRev=05.01C05, SerialNo=WD-WCAM92819556 Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec SpinMotCtl Fixed DTR>5Mbs FmtGapReq } RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=66 BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=8192kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16 CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=156301488 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120} PIO modes: pio0 pio3 pio4 DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5 AdvancedPM=no WriteCache=enabled Drive conforms to: device does not report version: * signifies the current active mode Craig