On Tue, Oct 26, 1999 at 04:02:20PM +1300, zdrysdal@diagnostic.co.nz wrote: > i have set a few hdparm settings to tune up my ide drive.. i however > do not know how to make those settings permanent as setting switch -k1 > does not seem to work. Should i just set the settings everytime my > machine is rebooted in an init script or something?? The -k1 switch will only keep settings over a reset of the drive controller, not of the machine. To make hdparm settings "permanent", write a little shell script, put it in /etc/init.d and use update-rc.d to have it symlinked to the correct places in the /etc/rc.* directories. You'll want to check out the man page for update-rc.d first, if you haven't used it before. An example: # update-rc.d -n hdparm defaults This will show you what changes it's going to make, assuming your script in init.d is called 'hdparm'. If it the settings look good, remove the '-n' and run again to actually make the links. -- [ Matthew Gregan ] [ GPG ID: B63A1E95 ] [ kinetik@ihug.co.nz ] [ GPG fingerprint: FB83 2911 F170 B31C 9E4A E382 CA8A A2F6 B63A 1E95 ]
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