On 11/03/06, Chris Mauritz <chrism@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Following-up my own post..... > > I've also been able to determine that the affected system is using a > Supermicro motherboard with an Intel 845GE chipset. SO not Intel MoBo. IAC you details did not yield much to me. One more hack suggestion since yoou mention it is an old box. Check or replace HDD cables. I have seen impact of transfer speed by changing cables climb up from ~15 to ~40 on IDE PATA drives. -- Sudev Barar Learning Linux