Re: hard drive question
On Fri, 10 May 2002 13:28:02 -0400
"Matthew Daubenspeck" <matt@oddprocess.org> wrote:
> burnt:/home/mellofone# hdparm /dev/hda
>
> /dev/hda:
> multcount = 0 (off)
> I/O support = 0 (default 16-bit)
> unmaskirq = 0 (off)
> using_dma = 0 (off)
> keepsettings = 0 (off)
> nowerr = 0 (off)
> readonly = 0 (off)
> readahead = 8 (on)
> geometry = 4865/255/63, sectors = 78165360, start = 0
> HDIO_GET_BUSSTATE failed: Input/output error
>
> I'm no expert, but that doesn't look good :)
Well, it's not terrible, but definitely not a config that will give you
the performance you'd expect from an ATA100 drive. Currently, you're not
using 32 bit I/O or DMA (two items that will majorly impact your drives
performance). Also, you're not using multcount.
Based on your previous post, I think the following command may help tune
your HD's performance a bit:
hdparm -c1 -d1 -m16 /dev/hda
The above is probably not optimaal, but most likely significantly better
than you were getting. If the above works for you long term, add a "-k1"
to the list of switches which will help the drive keep it's settings
between resets (not reboots).
--
Jamin W. Collins
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