> Bob Miller wrote: > > > (a long, boring story.) > > My question was this: > What should be passed in on the kernel's command line to > enable IDE disk optimization under Mandrake Linux? Instead of passing to the kernel on the command line use hdparm in the startup scripts. In Mandrake 7.+ I /etc/rc.d/rc.local www.linuxnewbie,com had a help file on optimizing linux or tux that went over it. Also I think O'Rielly might have had something on it within the past 2 months. hdparm has a man page. You can try it from the commnad line on a virtual console. If your machine locks up or something you can reboot and try other choices. I think hdparm -c1 -d1 /dev/hda are safe choices. Itried -m16 the other day and got disk error messages and had to back off to -m12 but did not have to reboot. The -t , & -T options due timed reads to judges the improvemnt. Jim K > Thanks. > > -- > K<bob> > [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.jogger-egg.com/
