Re: optimizing the hard drive? (fwd)
Krzys Majewski wrote:
>
> "ObeseWhale" <obesewhale@3dactionplanet.com> writes:
> > okay here goes... UDMA66 is simply a bandwidth limit on your HD. It allows
> > your hard drive to transfer at 66 megs per second instead of UDMA33, which
> > iss 33 megs per second. While Debian supports udma33 right out of the box
> > you have to compile udma66 support into the kernel. However, your hard
> > drive won't transfer faster than 33 megs per second very much, so the
> > performance gain from enabling isn't as big as you might expect... You'll
> > likely see something like a 15% gain in speed by enabling udma66.
> >
>
> Hm, 15% gain is better than nothing.. I looked through the kernel
> config but found no mention of udma66, where is it? -chris
quite possible u need a 3rd party patch see www.linux-ide.org
nate
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