> /dev/hdd: > Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 0.85 seconds =150.59 MB/sec > Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 2.87 seconds = 22.30 MB/sec
Gad, mine are abysmal. But then the drives are currently being written to or read from, not idle. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# hdparm -Tt /dev/hda /dev/hda: Timing buffer-cache reads: 208 MB in 2.00 seconds = 104.00 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 14 MB in 3.37 seconds = 4.15 MB/sec [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# hdparm -Tt /dev/hdb /dev/hdb: Timing buffer-cache reads: 200 MB in 2.01 seconds = 99.50 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 70 MB in 3.04 seconds = 23.03 MB/sec [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# hdparm /dev/hdb /dev/hdb: multcount = 16 (on) IO_support = 1 (32-bit) unmaskirq = 1 (on) using_dma = 1 (on) keepsettings = 0 (off) readonly = 0 (off) readahead = 8 (on) geometry = 3737/255/63, sectors = 60036480, start = 0 /dev/hdb is where I do everything now, since cooker 9.2 - I left out /var on /dev/hda1, because my other install uses it. They are on the same IDE (not 100 or wide, regular 33/66, I didn't get that to work 2 years ago when I put the box together.) I also have had problems in the past if the two HDs are on different channels, and getting the cdrom to work.) hdb is an IBM DTLA 30 gig drive (10/2000), hda is an aging Maxstor 1.6 gig drive ca. 1996. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED] change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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