--------------------------- Babu, Are both of these drives on the same channel, same line? Or is one on IDE channel 0 while the other is on channel 1? Do you have ATA100 cable on both (80 strands) or do you have 40 on one & 80 on the other? Are both drives ATA100 or even ATA66 type? If they are on different channels, with all else being equal, then this may be the way SuSE is setup to install them as I noticed my main drive had dma activated (channel 0) and the 2 cd drives did not (channel 1). If all the other requirements are not met, than that may be the cause. If the Seagate is not capable of dma, I don't think SuSE will let you turn it on. Mine didn't let me using hdparm from a shell on my cds.
The Seagate drive is setup on a separate IDE channel but it shares it with a CD-ROM (all my IDE buses are used up...). The maxtor is on another IDE channel with another Maxtor drive. All drives on all channels are 40GB, ATA100 drives and the IDE channels are ATA 100. I now suspect it is because I have the CD-ROM on the channel with the Seagate. Does that make sense guys? Thanks!! Babu __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com