Hi The same problem for me
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo hdparm -tT /dev/hda Password: /dev/hda: Timing cached reads: 992 MB in 2.00 seconds = 495.64 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 96 MB in 3.01 seconds = 31.85 MB/sec [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ hdparm -i /dev/hda /dev/hda: Permission denied [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo hdparm -i /dev/hda In edgy i had more than 1000 MB/sec . I`ve attached some logs .I use newest kernel [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -a Linux notebook 2.6.20-10-generic #2 SMP Mon Mar 12 00:02:49 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux Will check also kernel 386 ** Attachment added: "dmesg" http://librarian.launchpad.net/6793678/dmesg.log -- read from cache is much slower with feisty than all previous ubuntu versions https://launchpad.net/bugs/90531 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs