Hi Stek79, Thanks for your reply!
I understand the hdparm result is the best possible speed. But the difference between 42.84MB/sec and 5MB/sec still shocked me. It kinda implied that the file system (I'm using ext3) needs more optimization to store big files in the way the hard disk can sequentially read (with minimum arm movement). (I don't know much about ext3, maybe it did the optimization already). My laptop (thinkpad t61) is purchased in October 2008. It has a SATA disk. It should have a much better performance than 5MB/sec imho :-) Thanks! ZhangInSeattle -- [regression]Slow disk transfer rate on Hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/216878 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
