https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231494 ------- Comment #1 from seife@novell.com 2007-01-05 10:04 MST ------- Note that the harddrive of this machine is not the fastest: root@strolchi:/local# hdparm -tT /dev/sda /dev/sda: Timing cached reads: 1456 MB in 2.00 seconds = 727.54 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 78 MB in 3.02 seconds = 25.82 MB/sec root@strolchi:/local# hdparm -tT --direct /dev/sda /dev/sda: Timing O_DIRECT cached reads: 32 MB in 2.06 seconds = 15.55 MB/sec Timing O_DIRECT disk reads: 46 MB in 3.08 seconds = 14.95 MB/sec (the values are exactly the same if i use the old piix driver instead of ata_piix) The drive is a hitachi 40G Notebook harddrive, Model Number: HTS424040M9AT00 I will probably replace it next week with an 80G seagate drive. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.