hdparm <- a miracle of a program man hdparm will tell all aswell. Enabling DMA would be a good place to start (hdparm -d 1 device).
To test the throughput your hard drives are getting try hdparm -Tt device I assume device will be /dev/hda in this case -- Cheers, rinmak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]