On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 16:59:54 +0100 (BST) N.Pauli <npauli@st-johns.org.uk> wrote: [...] > Capabilities: > LBA, IORDY(can be disabled) > Queue depth: 1 > Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, no device specific minimum > R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16 Current = 0 [...] well you might try setting for multiple sector transfer with hdparm -m16 /dev/hda Its supposed to help, though frankly, on my newer drives its not made a significant difference. Does seem to help on some older slwoer drives though. just do your hdparm -tT /dev/hda before and after the change to note any differences. A
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