On Wednesday 16 July 2003 03:31, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> Ya know, I don't know what happened, but I fired it up and now it works -
> go figure. Now it just seems to take forever to start - I don't know -
> maybe I'll just go back to reading books or watching tv, this computer
> thing is giving me a tumor!
Make sure your harddisk uses the DMA mode.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# hdparm -i /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
Model=ST380011A, FwRev=3.06, SerialNo=3JV20WF8
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs RotSpdTol>.5% }
RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4
BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=2048kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
CurCHS=65535/1/63, CurSects=4128705, LBA=yes, LBAsects=156301488
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
AdvancedPM=no WriteCache=enabled
Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 2: 1 2 3 4 5 6
Mine - b.e. is using UDMA5 :) The fastest setting :) Here the bonnie run
(while normal use of the system occured, e.g. reading Mails, starting
browsers etc.).
Version 1.02c ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input- --Random
-Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block-- --Seeks-
Machine Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP /sec %C
pandora.solsys.o 1G 4984 82 31928 34 12815 12 4546 71 26850 17 136.3
------Sequential Create------ --------Random Create-------
-Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-
files /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %C
16 280 84 +++++ +++ 32638 93 270 81 +++++ +++ 1186 8
pandora.solsys.org,1G,4984,82,31928,34,12815,12,4546,71,26850,17,136.3,1,16,2884,+++++,+++,32638,93,270,81,+++++,+++,1186,80
Cheers :)
Joerg
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It is only with the heart one can see clearly; what is essential is
invisible to the eye.
-- The Fox, 'The Little Prince"
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