16 Mar
2004
16 Mar
'04
08:02
Scott Wrobel wrote:
I bet this subject will turn some heads ;)
Hopefully you're not trolling. Do this: hdparm /dev/hda It's very important the DMA acces is on (1) /dev/hda: multcount = 16 (on) IO_support = 1 (32-bit) unmaskirq = 1 (on) using_dma = 1 (on) To optimize disk access you could use this: hdparm -c1d1u1W1 /dev/hda If you see improvement, put it in /etc/init.d/boot.local And read man hdparm so you understand hdparm. You could try hdparm -t /dev/hda before and after.