On Fri, 19 May 2000, mikepolniak wrote:
>
> Run the command hdparm -t -v /dev/hda (check man pages for
>options). Without the -d flag to set DMA , my DMA 33 drive tested at about
>3MB/sec read speed. With the dma set -on, my speed jumps to about 17 to 18
>MB/sec for reads. You can set other options to try for more improvement but
>enabling DMA gives the biggest jump.
Hmmm... I'll have to give the BIOS a tweak then. I tried the HDPARM
command, but it did not do anything for my computer so far.
Paul
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