since you almost certainly have IDE drivers, have you configured them
correctly using hdparm? these are source of considerable scheduling
latency, in ways that AFAIK are not improved by any of the "latency
reducing" patches available. don't ask me how to configure them - i
only use SCSI drives - but a quick google search should reveal
relevant advice.
--p
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