On 19-Jan-2000 Hoyt wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jean-Louis Debert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 8:48 AM
> Subject: Re: [expert] passing hdparm parameters in LILO
>
>
>> Tom Berger wrote:
>> >
>> > On 19-Jan-2000 Hoyt wrote:
>> > > I recall reading somewhere that the hdparm parameters can be passed
>> > > in
>> > > LILO.
>> > > This would certainly help my old, slow drives during the boot
>> > > process.
>> > > Is
>> > > this possible, or was someone just daydreaming out loud?
>> > >
>> > > Hoyt
>> >
>> > I use rc.local for this. I don't think that this is possible via LiLo
>> > since hdparm is a program and can't therefore be started before the
> system
>> > comes up.
>>
>> Correct. You can't pass parameters to _hdparm_ via lilo.
>> However, you can pass parameters to _the driver_ via the command line,
>> i.e. with "append=" in lilo.conf
>> There are quite a number of parameters that can be passed to the _ide_
>> driver. Look into /usr/src/linux/Documentation/ide.txt
>> or /usr/src/linux/drivers/block/ide.c for more info (file names may be
>> not completely correct, I'm shooting from the hip :-)
>> As to SCSI drives, it would probably depend on which driver ...
>>
>
> Thank you both. The appropiate append commands are idex=autotune and
> hdx=autotune.Plus the docs show a few commands that allow Linux to
> ignore
> problematic BIOS info or ide cards. Very interesting. I will whip
> something
> up in the next week and sent it to mandrakeuser.org
>
> Hoyt
Thanks! ;-)
tom
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