> Interesting, dstat seems to be wrong! I just tried your > method and the drive I though was doing over 100MBps > is actually only hitting about 60MBps. Is there something > about dstat I don't understand? Did you try an empty external partition on your drive? The external tracks contain more data and therefore are faster. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist