RE: hdparm

[Krzys Majewski <majewski@cs.ubc.ca>]

How do I know if I need any of these options for my hard
drive? Are the kernel/ide driver defaults reasonable? Do these flags improve  
performance? (Right now I'm just using hdparm -y to spin down the 
disk)  -chris

On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, CHEONG, Shu Yang [Patrick] wrote:

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> I included an additional SXX in the rc2.d dir as follows:-
> 
> #! /bin/sh
> # Enabling dma for hda
> 
> hdparm -d1 -c1 -a1 -A1 -m8 -k1 /dev/hda
> 
> Remember to chmod the file created to 755 less it does not execute at
> boot. Also, I'd manually try this first before actually including the
> above, particularly the -d1 as on some systems, it screws up the
> hardisk. Also, try a combination of the settings to get the optimum
> performance from the hardisk (this can be tested using the hdparm -t
> /dev/hda). Good luck!
> 
> 
> Patrick Cheong
> Information Systems Assurance
> Measat Broadcast Network Systems
> e-mail: mailto:patrick_cheong@astro.com.my
> Visit us at: http://www.astro.com.my
> 
> - -----Original Message-----
> From:	Jamie Raymond [SMTP:jraymond@cs.rice.edu]
> Sent:	Saturday, September 09, 2000 10:44 PM
> To:	debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject:	hdparm
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Where's the best place to put a call to hdparm so that it gets
> invoked
> upon booting? (would inserting it into an existing file in
> /etc/init.d
> be appropriate?)
> 
> Thanks,
> Jamie