You might also want to check your NFS parameters. Mounting with rsize=8192,wsize=8192 in the options list is known to improve Linux's NFS performance. You can include these in fstab or add them after -o when mounting at the command line. You probably should also include them in the options list in /etc/exports on the remote server. Peter ----- Peter H. Lemieux Voice: (800) 5-CYWAYS CYWAYS, Incorporated (+1 617 796 8995) 19 Westchester Road Fax: (617) 796-8997 Newton, Massachusetts 02458-2519 USA Web: http://www.cyways.com