On Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 10:37:20PM -0700, cxpx wrote: > Hey that got it to work for me!! I have had problems following > other how-to's. Well, the HD speed went from 3 MB to 22 MB. This > is still a long way from 66. Is this normal? (I here 66 is almost > unattainable) I have a motherboard and a hd that support ata 66 so > I'm not sure what the differences are compared to having a seperate > controller.
22 MB/sec is a pretty good result! For more accurate benchmarks you should consider using "bonnie". UDMA-66 does not mean, that the drive can read or write that fast - but it *does* mean that the date is transported over the bus with 66 MB/sec! I would not recommend to buy a new controller. Your current system seems to be very ok. BTW: in reality you won't get 22 MB/sec, bonnie will show you hom much the performance decreases if the HD is doing random seeks. If you don't mind I have some advices for you: 1. Please start a new line after 68 or 70 columns 2. Please qoute just the important stuff and write below it 3. Please change your realname to your real name - "Hello cxpx" looks rather strange... Phil
