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"Mark W. Knecht"
How about
hdparm -tT /dev/hdwhatever
and provide back the results. If the buffered speed is fast, but the actual disk speed is slow, it could be the disk itself. If both are slow then it's the PC itself.
pp hdparm -tT /dev/hda #my bad disk /dev/hda: Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 1.10 seconds =116.36 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: "Der Wecker klingelt" (the bell rings) {it seems he gets a timeout} pp hdparm -tT /dev/hdd #my good disk /dev/hdd: Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 1.00 seconds =128.00 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 24.50 seconds = 2.61 MB/sec So its the drive - and the reads are soo slow - but why is the drive so slow? Hardware or Software (Driver) problem or drive settings? I have this problem only since some days ago and I have nothing changed in the configuration (except some side effects that I not know). ______________________________________________________________________________ Ferienklick.de - Jede Menge Urlaub auf einen Blick! Hier geht's zu Ihrem Traumstrand: http://ferienklick.de/?PP=2-0-100-105-1