I noticed that the default elevator applies to everything, including USB memory sticks. I thought the block device driver would change the I/O scheduler to something more appropriate for a memory stick, such as the noop scheduler. I switched to the noop scheduler for just the memory stick, and there was an improvement in performance. I haven't done a detailed statistical analysis to verify my empirical impression. I have a few questions: 1) Is there a reason for the block device driver not changing the I/O scheduler to noop? 2) How do I modify HAL to change the I/O scheduler when it detects that a hotplug for a memory stick? I really need to set down and learn then ins and outs of HAL. Bill Anderson -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org