Jon Pennington wrote:
On Thu, Jun 01, 2000 at 10:57:00AM +0200, milan@soso.elas.sk wrote:
How can I set up
IDE bus speed
Well, you can't do anything about the *bus*, but you can do something about the disk. Read up on hdparm. If I were running SuSE, I'd have a line in /sbin/init.d/boot.local that read something like:
/sbin/hdparm -c1 -d1 /dev/hda
This set's 32-bit IO and enables DMA transfers. You can type that line manually (as root) to enable it on-demand. I'd recommend that you do a test first. First, type:
hdparm -t /dev/hda &> ~/results.hdp
Then, change the settings:
hdparm -c1 -d1 /dev/hda
Then, run the test again:
hdparm -t /dev/hda &> ~/results2.hdp
Then, simply compare the results files (~/*.hdp). Be careful, but have fun! :)
-=-=-=-=- Be carefull when setting DMA. If the drive doesen't support it may freeze and you'll need to boot. (like mine: Quantum Fireball CX6.4A ;-) Safest way go to Single user mode, remount read-only and test it. Nicholas -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/