Hello I try to use an external hard drive with SUSE Linux 10.0 it's extremely slow. however, I have the lshal giving: volume.policy.mount_option.sync = false that should show hal dont use the sync option... but how may I know if I'm in USB1 or USB2 (as of the linux drivers, of course the interface is usb2) lsmod | grep usb usb_storage 72640 1 scsi_mod 131304 5 usb_storage,sg,st,sd_mod,sr_mod usbhid 43616 0 usbcore 112512 5 usb_storage,usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd ide_core 122380 5 usb_storage,generic,ide_cd,via82cxxx,ide_disk thanks jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://dodin.org/galerie_photo_web/expo/index.html http://lucien.dodin.net http://fr.susewiki.org/index.php?title=Gérer_ses_photos