I guess i have made all i can to increase my hard drive speed. It is an ata-100 HD but all i've got is 34.32 MB/sec (hdparm -Tt). Is there something I'm forgetting? Gil # hdparm -i /dev/hda /dev/hda: Model=Maxtor 4D040H2, FwRev=DAH017K0, SerialNo=D21EQNAE Config={ Fixed } RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=57 BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=2048kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16 CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=80041151 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120} PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5 AdvancedPM=yes: disabled (255) WriteCache=enabled Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 0: * signifies the current active mode # hdparm -Tt /dev/hda /dev/hda: Timing cached reads: 2128 MB in 2.00 seconds = 1064.00 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 104 MB in 3.03 seconds = 34.32 MB/sec # hdparm /dev/hda /dev/hda: multcount = 16 (on) IO_support = 1 (32-bit) unmaskirq = 1 (on) using_dma = 1 (on) keepsettings = 0 (off) readonly = 0 (off) readahead = 8 (on) geometry = 4982/255/63, sectors = 80041151, start = 0 _______________________________________________________ Novidade no Yahoo! Mail: receba alertas de novas mensagens no seu celular. Registre seu aparelho agora! http://br.mobile.yahoo.com/mailalertas/