I'd bet it's not using DMA.... With IDE drives: man hddparm would tell you the command, but no idea about how to get it when at scsi emulation :-((
El mié, 10-09-2003 a las 17:25, HaywireMac escribió: > On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 23:06:04 +0800 (CST) > Vincent Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > > > > Recently, I bought a CDR. While burning CD using > > xcdroast at 48x, I can barely move my mouse or do > > anything else. It is still very smooth burning cd and > > surfing net under windows 2000. How should I tune my > > mandrake 9.0 for better performance? > > I would bet it's the 48x burning. Linux handles multitasking *far* > better than Win, AFAIK, but it is still dodgy with multimedia tasks such > as burning, sound, and the like. It's all kinda "kludged" if you know > what I mean, since *nix was built as a server OS originally, the media > stuff is kinda piled on the best way they can for now, least tha's the > way I hear it. > > I keep my burning to 10x, and I can burn, read mail, web, compile > source, use VNC, and much more all at the same time without draining the > buffer or maxing my pitiful P3 866. > > Try using GCombust as an alternative, too. > > -- > HaywireMac > Registered Linux user #282046 > Homepage: nodex.sytes.net > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > You can never tell which way the train went by looking at the tracks. > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Diego Dominguez __/\__ | | Andalucia / \ Spain \ / |__ __| \/
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