Did you also enable it to run at boot in MDK control center?
You can check if the settings were made after reboot by using hdparm
again (as root):
do 'hdparm /dev/hda' (repeat for every drive)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] src]# hdparm /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
multcount = 16 (on)
IO_support = 1 (32-bit)
unmaskirq = 1 (on)
using_dma = 1 (on)
keepsettings = 1 (on)
readonly = 0 (off)
readahead = 8 (on)
geometry = 9732/255/63, sectors = 156355584, start = 0
You speciefied -u -d -k, this maps to unmaskirq, keepsettings, using_dma
Happy hacking...
On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 17:07, Magnus Wirström wrote:
> This is great ... I was looking for qa way to do this :) I did you say
> and put in a script in
>
> /etc/init.d/idedma (the script you attached). I wonder ... if there a way to see
> that the script is starting correctly and the settings are really made to my system?
>
> Anyway ... thanks for the tip
>
> Magnus
>
>
> Guy Van Sanden wrote:
>
> >First of all, what kind of system are you on (CPU - RAM), which burner
> >are we talking about?
> >
> >Is it an IDE burner with SCSI emulation?
> >
> >What could help a lot is tune your disc devices with hdparm (I got a
> >huge boost out of this).
> >Install hdparm with 'urpmi hdparm'.
> >
> >First turn to your hard drive (/dev/hda I will assume), since it is the
> >source of data for both your writer OS and programs, it needs to work
> >optimal.
> >- check the current settings and mail the output to the list, this way
> >we can advice you better.
> >hdparm /dev/hda
> >Now, make sure you have the specifications of your devices handy.
> >
> >I use these settings for my Hardisk:
> >'hdparm -c1 -d1 -k1 -u1 -X69 /dev/hda'
> >Breaking it up:
> >-c1: turn on 32-bit disk access
> >-d1: turn on DMA (is probably on already)
> >-k1: keep settings over bus reset (you need this)
> >-u1: Unmasq IRQ (reduces waits between different disk operations) -
> >Watch out with this one, it has been known to cause system instabilities
> >on some motherboards/harddisks, but it works fine for me.
> >-X69: force IDE-DMA Mode5 (UDMA 100) (adapt to your need, check 'man
> >hdparm'
> >
> >Test them out to see which one suit you best.
> >
> >Now do almost the same for the cdrom/dvd/writer devices (e.g. /dev/hdc)
> >'hdparm -c1 -d1 -k1 -u1 /dev/hdc'
> >'hdparm -c1 -d1 -k1 -u1 /dev/hdd'
> >Again, test it carefully.
> >
> >If you are satisfied with what you got, put it in a startup script like
> >the one below (which is /etc/init.d/idedma)
> >Then open the Control Center, go to system - services and set it to run
> >at boot.
> >
> >--> done
> >
> >Additionally you can also switch filesystems to get an even better
> >performance.
> >I found ReiserFS very fast, XFS has been reported to be great too.
> >
> >Good luck and have a lot of fun!
> >
> >
> >
> >---- BEGIN SCRIPT ----
> >#!/bin/sh
> ># description: hdparm setup voor harddisks
> ># chkconfig: 2345 99 00
> >
> >HDPARM="/sbin/hdparm"
> >
> >case "$1" in
> >'start')
> > echo "Setting up DMA parameters (hdparm)..."
> > $HDPARM -qc1 -qd1 -qk1 -qu1 -qX69 /dev/hda
> > $HDPARM -qc1 -qd1 -qk1 -qu1 /dev/hdc
> > $HDPARM -qc1 -qd1 -qk1 -qu1 /dev/hdd
> > touch /var/lock/subsys/idedma
> > ;;
> >'stop')
> > rm -f /var/lock/subsys/idedma
> > ;;
> >*)
> > echo "Usage: $0 { start | stop }"
> > ;;
> >esac
> >exit 0
> >
> >---- END SCRIPT ----
> >
> >
> >
> >On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 17:06, Vincent Chen wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Dear all,
> >>
> >>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?
> >>
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>
> >>
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