>>>>> "CM" == Charlie McVeigh <cmcveigh@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: CM> However when automounted on my FC3 desktop the write speed is CM> still 24 minutes to write the same 4.5 MB file. Fast on Windows CM> slow on Fedora - any one have any suggestions? It will be slow if mounted with the "sync" option. Under FC3 this is the default; I hacked HAL to drop the "sync". My hacked HAL packages are at http://www.math.uh.edu/~tibbs/rpms/hal-nosync/ These packages also include the fix for the floppy mounting problem. - J<