On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 07:10:10AM -0600, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 10:47:37AM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 06:46:46AM -0700, Dan Owens wrote: > > > On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, Chip Rose wrote: > > > > > > Another thing you might want to check is if your hard drive needs > > > dma turned on. What speed does "hdparm -t /dev/hda" give you? > > > > /dev/hda: > > Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 18.06 seconds = 3.54 MB/sec > > > > do i need to turn dma on? > > You be the judge: > > # hdparm -Tt /dev/hda > > /dev/hda: > Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 0.75 seconds =170.67 MB/sec > Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 1.78 seconds = 35.96 MB/sec is this some magic? here are my numbers: /dev/hda: Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 1.35 seconds = 94.81 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 18.47 seconds = 3.47 MB/sec how do i come closer to those numbers? thanx - this will be wonderful! sandip p deshmukh ------***-------- No man is useless who has a friend, and if we are loved we are indispensable. -- Robert Louis Stevenson
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