> /dev/hda: > multcount = 16 (on) > IO_support = 0 (default 16-bit) > unmaskirq = 0 (off) > using_dma = 1 (on) > keepsettings = 0 (off) > readonly = 0 (off) > readahead = 256 (on) > geometry = 16383/255/63, sectors = 78140160, start = 0 Might want to turn on 32-bit I/O support. That would speed things up: /sbin/hdparm -c 1 /dev/hda Usually I add that to /etc/rc.local so it gets run at boot. -- --------- Ben Brown xthor0@xxxxxxxxx http://www.xthorsworld.com