>Is it slower than the USB is *supposed* to be? USB is not fast. The external disk is a: http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=333 It has: Serial Bus Transfer Rate (USB 2.0) 480 Mbits/s (Max)
The soekris port is 2.0 capable "usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0". I'm getting an average transfer rate of 5350 KB/s. By the way, the internal disk is a: http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=477 Kind regards, Tom