Re:

On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 16:43:42 -1100 Bill Wisse <wiswp@niue.nu> wrote:

Yes, it works but it doesn't save it. On the next start up it is not running.

I much prefer just sticking the hdparm commands in boot.local. This way you can fine tune it more. For example this is what I use on my old machine here: /sbin/hdparm -d1 -m16 -X udma2 -u1 -W1 -A1 -c3 -k1 /dev/hda /sbin/hdparm -d1 -m16 -X udma2 -u1 -W1 -A1 -c3 -k1 /dev/hdb /sbin/hdparm -d1 -c3 -W1 -X udma2 -u1 -k1 /dev/hdc Please refer to the hdparm manpage. Charles -- "Oh, I've seen copies [of Linux Journal] around the terminal room at The Labs." (By Dennis Ritchie)