I just wrote a small script that checks for possible slowdowns caused by inferior firmware implementation of Long Self Test. It is recommended to run the test on idle system. The script is trivial and can edit block sizes or other parameters (e. g. test reading with delays). ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/sbrabec/smartmontools/ -- Best Regards / S pozdravem, Stanislav Brabec software developer --------------------------------------------------------------------- SUSE LINUX, s. r. o. e-mail: sbrabec@suse.cz Lihovarská 1060/12 tel: +49 911 7405384547 190 00 Praha 9 fax: +420 284 084 001 Czech Republic http://www.suse.cz/ PGP: 830B 40D5 9E05 35D8 5E27 6FA3 717C 209F A04F CD76 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org