Re: disk speeds and tweaks
On Thu, 2002-10-17 at 17:20, de|ire wrote:
> so if a 5400 rpm is the fastest laptop drive available, what is the rpm of the standard drive?
>
> has anyone played arond with kernel support for fast DMA on their lappie?
> keen to know if i can get any better on my dell i8k.
Typical speed is 4200rpm. Whether your Dell can gain from the faster
bus speeds available with more recent drives will depend on it's age, I
imagine.
How many models of Dell i8k are there? Lots, I thought.
I've bought a Travelstar 5400rpm drive myself (60G) which supports
ATA66, but I haven't quite had the guts to try switching my older A21p
Thinkpad to a faster bus speed :-)
Cheers,
Andrew.
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