> > DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 > > UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 > > Coming into this thread late.... > > This output gives the best modes possible with a given controller/drive > combo. Since your post explicitly shows the controller is capable of > udma5, I'm guess your drive maxes out at udma2 (ATA33). Hi Ross. Ok. too late myself. I sent the another post already. Don't you think that if he gets 47.41 MB/sec for buffered disk reads, that must be a DMA-transfer above udma2? just 2c. Tobias.