Em Dom, 2004-02-22 às 07:15, Dean Mumby escreveu: > hdparm -tT /dev/sda > /dev/sda: > Timing buffer-cache reads: 3568 MB in 2.00 seconds = 1784.00 MB/sec > Timing buffered disk reads: 166 MB in 3.00 seconds = 55.33 MB/sec > not slow at all Now I'm confused. My machine (a athlon xp 1700, 384mb ddr) shows very disappointing results, compared to your blazing-speed p4: /dev/hda: Timing buffer-cache reads: 904 MB in 2.00 seconds = 452.00 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 80 MB in 3.06 seconds = 26.14 MB/sec Is this expected for such machine, or is there something to be done? -- []s Alexandre Ganso 500 FOUR vermelha - Diretor Steel Goose Moto Group