> > manually). The other issue is...how do I enable UDMA > > or UDMA 66 for that matter? I use hdparm interactively, then once I feel I have a good setup going (after a week or two of uptime and good usage) I'll add the string to /etc/init.d/bootmisc hdparm is the way to go if you want to optimize your dma disk xfer's -- Eric Nelson <en@megahosted.com> http://www.megahosted.com/~en/ GPG-key: C4AB5707 Fingerprint: 9E50 D5C2 2B02 A944 1A28 5CA5 366A 0294 C4AB 5707