Interesantes resultados: argentina:~# hdparm /dev/hda
/dev/hda: multcount = 0 (off) I/O support = 0 (default 16-bit) unmaskirq = 0 (off) using_dma = 0 (off) keepsettings = 0 (off) nowerr = 0 (off) readonly = 0 (off) readahead = 8 (on) geometry = 4982/255/63, sectors = 80041248, start = 0 argentina:~# hdparm -t -T /dev/hda /dev/hda: Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 1.21 seconds =105.79 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 15.06 seconds = 4.25 MB/sec argentina:~# hdparm /dev/hda /dev/hda: multcount = 0 (off) I/O support = 0 (default 16-bit) unmaskirq = 0 (off) using_dma = 1 (on) keepsettings = 0 (off) nowerr = 0 (off) readonly = 0 (off) readahead = 8 (on) geometry = 4982/255/63, sectors = 80041248, start = 0 argentina:~# hdparm -t -T /dev/hda /dev/hda: Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 0.97 seconds =131.96 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 3.09 seconds = 20.71 MB/sec argentina:~# hdparm /dev/hda /dev/hda: multcount = 0 (off) I/O support = 1 (32-bit) unmaskirq = 0 (off) using_dma = 1 (on) keepsettings = 0 (off) nowerr = 0 (off) readonly = 0 (off) readahead = 8 (on) geometry = 4982/255/63, sectors = 80041248, start = 0 argentina:~# hdparm -t -T /dev/hda /dev/hda: Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 0.97 seconds =131.96 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 3.07 seconds = 20.85 MB/sec Y supongo que jugando con los demas valores podes lograr subir aun mas la performance (y/o despedirte de tus datos :) ) Saludos -- Daniel H. Perez a veces Tango [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fui lo que crei, soy lo que esta pasando (Charly Garcia) Debian GNU/Linux Sid (2.4.12) Usuario Reg. N. 85920 GnuPG Public Key 0x98ECB388