On 8/6/03 3:05 am, "Dhruba Bandopadhyay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, 2003-06-07 at 20:06, Stroller wrote: >> Thanks! How do I do that, please..? I thought that was what >> /etc/init.d/hdparm was for..? > > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?p=337306#337306 > > Or more simply: hdparm -d1 /dev/hdX I think that's set by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] stroller $ cat /etc/conf.d/hdparm # You can either set hdparm arguments for each drive using # disc*_args and cdrom*_args.. eg. # disc0_args="-d1 -X66" # disc1_args"-d1" # cdrom0_args="-d1" # Or, you can set hdparm options for ALL drives using all_args.. # eg. # this mimics the behaviour of the current script all_args="-d1" [EMAIL PROTECTED] stroller $ Isn't it..? As you can see from my original post, I've tested before & after starting /etc/init.d/hdparm. Does this mean anything to anyone..? [EMAIL PROTECTED] stroller $ sudo /sbin/hdparm -i /dev/hda /dev/hda: Model=IBM-DARA-212000, FwRev=AR4OA53A, SerialNo=AH0AHJ80443 Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs } RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4 BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=418kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16 CurCHS=17475/15/63, CurSects=16513875, LBA=yes, LBAsects=23579136 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 AdvancedPM=yes: mode=0x80 (128) WriteCache=enabled Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-4 T13 1153D revision 17: 1 2 3 4 [EMAIL PROTECTED] stroller $ Maybe this hard-drive is just a particularly slow one, as Volker suggests..? But is seems SO considerably much slower than all the other hdparm results I've seen posted. 8-[ Thanks in advance for any comments, Stroller. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
