chainy <chainy@infonegocio.com> [2002-08-27 14:35:38 +0200]: > On Tuesday 27 August 2002 09:49, Bob Proulx wrote: > > I have an FIC SD11 as well but with an Athlon 950 MHz. I am running a > > 2.4.18 kernel. DMA is enabled by default in the kernel for me. > > (Which I remember as needing to turn on with previous kernels.) I > > have a Maxtor ATA/100 capable 60GB 7200 rpm currently installed and > > these are my results. > > Thanks for the advice and experience, yours are some wonderful > results, would you mind to tell me how did you configure your > hdparm? No configuration at all. Completely a stock install. I only ran the tests and reported the results because you and I had the same motherboard. DMA is on by default for me with the 2.4 kernel. (I lost a disk drive in this box a few weeks ago and this is a stable + security updates installation from one week ago.) > I wanted to ask you what kind of bus are you using, because i am getting the > same results with the old 40 wires wide and the 80 wires. I am using the dense 80 wire ATA/100 capable cable on a ATA/100 capable Maxtor 60 GB hard drive. Bob
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