I am getting about 4.7 megs /second on my 7200 rpm WD. I am using ata/66 an
hdparm without the d1 option. I am not sure if this rate is good or not,
but when I see people say that they are getting 12+ megs per sec I start to
worry.
4.7 is no good, right?
How can I know if DMA is turned on or off? When I bot up it looks to say
that DMA is being used ...around where it says that I am using ata/66.
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>As far as how much slower the drive is with dma turned off...well, I have
>an
>older 3 gig fugistu that is non ata66. With the dma turned on, I get about
>12meg/sec transfer. With my wd 13gig I get about 1.3 or so. So it is
>seriously hurting the drives performance.
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>B. K. Barley
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