Long way to go (Score 1)

Simple IDE timing tells it all: 2.4.21 /dev/hda: Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 0.45 seconds =284.44 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 2.57 seconds = 24.90 MB/sec 2.6-test1 /dev/hda: Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 0.51 seconds =252.01 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 31.07 seconds = 2.06 MB/sec