Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: > hdparm /dev/hda > > /dev/hda: > multcount = 16 (on) > IO_support = 1 (32-bit) > unmaskirq = 1 (on) > using_dma = 1 (on) > keepsettings = 0 (off) > readonly = 0 (off) > readahead = 256 (on) > geometry = 16383/255/63, sectors = 234493056, start = 0
Maybe set readahead to a smaller value? Something like 8 or 16? At least that's what http://linuxgazette.net/issue79/punk.html advises. If you have specific reasons for the higher value, then please elaborate. Benno -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list