Re: hdparm

[Boris Duerner <bduerner@web.de>]

Hi,
I think for the script we don't really need start/stop/restart options, do we?
The script will just look for /etc/hdparm.conf and execute hdparm with the 
options specified there.

Marc



On Tuesday 24 September 2002 17:02, you wrote:
> Please file bug against #87451 with patch.  (See previous patch
> proposals including mine too.)
>
> If your script can take care well.
>
> I think /etc/hdparm is better named /etc/hdparm.conf
>
> Also make sure to provide ample comments for warnings etc in the file.
>
> On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 12:06:47PM +0100, Boris Duerner wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I my local usergroup, whenever I installed Debian on a new machine, I was
> > asked to set the harddrive to -c1,-d1,and -mxx.
> > So from my point of view there is demand for speed enhancement. I roughly
> > thought of a /etc/hdparm with the following syntax
> >
> > [Drive]
> >  device=/device/hda
> >  dma=on
> >  io_32=on
> >  multi_sector_count=16
> >
> > [Drive]
> >  device=/dev/hdb
> >  dma=on
> >  io_32=off
> >  multi_sector_count=0
> >
> > By having separate device stanzas, the user can decide what he wants to
> > switch on or off for each device.
>
> Good design.  Do you have /etc/init.d/hdparm.sh (Yes not
> /etc/init.d/hdparm see my comment in the other thread.)