Re: Help with hdparm

[chainy <chainy@infonegocio.com>]

On Tuesday 27 August 2002 09:49, Bob Proulx wrote:
> chainy <chainy@infonegocio.com> [2002-08-27 04:26:55 +0200]:
> > After spending a lot of time configuring hdparm (it begins to feel like
> > some kind of addiction to get better results) I found that my results are
> > quite modest, and feels like it should go faster.
> >
> > I have a 1st Mainboard SD11 with an AMD Athlon 500 Mhz.  The HD: Seagate
> > 600 GB 7200 rpm.
>
> I have an FIC SD11 as well but with an Athlon 950 MHz.  I am running a
> 2.4.18 kernel.  DMA is enabled by default in the kernel for me.
> (Which I remember as needing to turn on with previous kernels.)  I
> have a Maxtor ATA/100 capable 60GB 7200 rpm currently installed and
> these are my results.
>
> hdparm -Tt /dev/hda
>
>  Timing buffer-cache reads:   128 MB in  0.84 seconds =152.38 MB/sec
>  Timing buffered disk reads:  64 MB in  1.96 seconds = 32.65 MB/sec
>
> hdparm /dev/hda
>
> /dev/hda:
>  multcount    = 16 (on)
>  I/O support  =  1 (32-bit)
>  unmaskirq    =  1 (on)
>  using_dma    =  1 (on)
>  keepsettings =  0 (off)
>  nowerr       =  0 (off)
>  readonly     =  0 (off)
>  readahead    =  8 (on)
>  geometry     = 7299/255/63, sectors = 117266688, start = 0
>  busstate     =  1 (on)
>
> > The mainboard people swears it's capable of ata/66 but i am only getting
> > ata/33 to work.
>
> FIC does claim that works ATA/66 works.  But I have never gotten that
> speed out of my motherboard drive combination.  Otherwise it has been
> a reliable performer for me.
>
> Bob

Thanks for the advice and experience, yours are some wonderful results, would 
you mind to tell me how did you configure your hdparm?

I wanted to ask you what kind of bus are you using, because i am getting the 
same results with the old 40 wires wide and the 80 wires.

Thanks a lot.

Chainy.