> 1073741824 bytes transferred in 46.022 secs (23331055 bytes/sec)
> # dd if=/dev/rsd0d of=/dev/null bs=2048k count=512
> 512+0 records in
> 512+0 records out
> 1073741824 bytes transferred in 36.855 secs (29134223 bytes/sec)
>
> # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rsd1d bs=2048k count=62
> 62+0 records in
> 62+0 records out
> 130023424 bytes transferred in 25.077 secs (5184967 bytes/sec)
> # dd if=/dev/rsd1d of=/dev/null bs=2048k count=62
> 62+0 records in
> 62+0 records out
> 130023424 bytes transferred in 27.186 secs (4782734 bytes/sec)
>
>
> What do you think about that? Are these transfer-rates 'normal'?
>
>
looks realistic.  29MB/s is quite normal for 40GB IDE drive, and USB 
drives are IDE drives with converter.

flash memory were never very fast so 5MB/s looks normal