After installing Debian, I've found that the disc speed as reported by hdparm has gone down. Before, I was getting:
/dev/sda: Timing cached reads: 424 MB in 2.00 seconds = 212.00 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 158 MB in 3.01 seconds = 52.49 MB/sec Whereas now I get: Timing cached reads: 60 MB in 2.00 seconds = 29.95 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 60 MB in 3.07 seconds = 19.53 MB/sec The discs are both Samsung HD501LJ Looking at a comparison of dmesg outputs, I get the following line with Debian: sata_sil 0000:00:03.0: Applying R_ERR on DMA activate FIS errata fix Is that perhaps related to this? Does anyone have an ideas on how to improve the performance. The figures even for the Thecus firmware seem rather poor compared to my desktop. I've checked the rc scripts in the thecus firmware and can't see any relevant looking hdparm command. Only the spindown is there. Thanks Oliver -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]