On 02/17/2011 09:34 AM, Simon Mcnair wrote: > 19390 root 17.49 M/s 0 B/s 0.00 % 21.36 % dd if /dev/sde bs 1M > 19333 root 16.52 M/s 0 B/s 0.00 % 17.07 % dd if /dev/sdd bs 1M > 19503 root 15.79 M/s 0 B/s 0.00 % 13.91 % dd if /dev/sdf bs 1M > 18896 root 0 B/s 16.10 M/s 0.00 % 0.00 % ntfs-3g > /dev/sdb1 /media/ntfs3g/sdb > 18909 root 0 B/s 13.49 M/s 0.00 % 0.00 % ntfs-3g > /dev/sdc1 /media/ntfs3g/sdc > 18920 root 0 B/s 15.73 M/s 0.00 % 0.00 % ntfs-3g > /dev/sdn1 /media/ntfs3g/sdn > > this will certainly be quicker :-) But still a long time... Let me know. Phil -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html