low breezy hard disk performances

[The Saltydog]

This is my Hoary performaces. In the coming days I will post Breezy's
ones when I'll upgrade:

/dev/hdb:
 Timing cached reads:   636 MB in  2.00 seconds = 317.26 MB/sec
 Timing buffered disk reads:   96 MB in  3.03 seconds =  31.65 MB/sec


/dev/hdb:
 multcount    = 16 (on)
 IO_support   =  1 (32-bit)
 unmaskirq    =  1 (on)
 using_dma    =  1 (on)
 keepsettings =  0 (off)
 readonly     =  0 (off)
 readahead    = 256 (on)
 geometry     = 59560/16/63, sectors = 30738677760, start = 0



/dev/hdb:

ATA device, with non-removable media
powers-up in standby; SET FEATURES subcmd spins-up.
        Model Number:       IBM-DTLA-307030
        Serial Number:      YKDYKH75627
        Firmware Revision:  TX4CA54A
Standards:
        Used: ATA/ATAPI-5 T13 1321D revision 1
        Supported: 5 4 3 2 & some of 6
Configuration:
        Logical         max     current
        cylinders       16383   17475
        heads           16      15
        sectors/track   63      63
        --
        CHS current addressable sectors:   16513875
        LBA    user addressable sectors:   60036480
        device size with M = 1024*1024:       29314 MBytes
        device size with M = 1000*1000:       30738 MBytes (30 GB)
Capabilities:
        LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)
        bytes avail on r/w long: 40     Queue depth: 1
        Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, no device specific minimum
        R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16  Current = 16
        Advanced power management level: unknown setting (0x0000)
        Recommended acoustic management value: 128, current value: 254
        DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 *udma4 udma5
             Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns
        PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
             Cycle time: no flow control=240ns  IORDY flow control=120ns
Commands/features:
        Enabled Supported:
           *    NOP cmd
           *    READ BUFFER cmd
           *    WRITE BUFFER cmd
           *    Host Protected Area feature set
           *    Look-ahead
           *    Write cache
           *    Power Management feature set
           *    SMART feature set
                Automatic Acoustic Management feature set
                SET MAX security extension
                Address Offset Reserved Area Boot
                SET FEATURES subcommand required to spinup after power up
                Power-Up In Standby feature set
                Advanced Power Management feature set
Security:
        Master password revision code = 65534
        26min for SECURITY ERASE UNIT.
HW reset results:
        CBLID- above Vih
        Device num = 1 determined by the jumper
Checksum: correct