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Re: hdparm and DMA



On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 17:04:44 -0800, Alvin Oga wrote:
> thats a good option, you might also wanna try
> 
> hdparm -c3 -d1 -u1 /dev/hda 
> 	-u1  allow the system to process other systeminterrupts
> 	while waiting for the disk

Yep, tried that too but each time I see errors in syslog and the drive
resets itself.
>
> --- you can also check your cas timing speed to tune that to the
> --- speed of your actual memory used ...
> ---	pc100 vs pc133 vs pc2100  
> ---
> ---	Do NOT mix different memory speeds ...

I will check the bios setup again.

> === CAUTION
> ===	playing will hdparm options -- you risk losing data on your disks

Yeah, I have read that and it worries me.

Cheers.
Mark.



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