Opps I see that you've alread read the man page...
Now try ENABLING the extra features, ONE AT A TIME...
Linux disables 32 bit I/O, DMA, etc. by default for compatibility purposes.
You'll need to enable this on your drive... but test this FIRST!
-JMS
|-----Original Message-----
|From: Steve Elliott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
|Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 4:30 PM
|To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
|Subject: [newbie] Hard drive problems
|
|
|Hiya all,
| I have a problem with HD access with 7.1.
| It was a fresh install of the 2 IsO cd set. I had w98
|installed first
|in a 6 gig primary partition. I then installed linux into the remainder.
|I have an athlon 650 on an asus k7v motherboard and voodoo 3000 vid, 128
|ram, 10 g seagate st310212a ultra66 disk. I am ansure as to controller
|type.
| The prob is when i run hdparm -Tt i get a low reading of 4
|mb/sec :(((
|for reading form the disk - 140 mb/sec thru the cache.
| I have run a similar test under 98 and got roughly the same
|low result
|for disk read.
| When the machine boots up the disk is starting in mode 4.
| I spoke to the dealer who i got the machine from - only 2
|weeks old. He
|has the same setup at home and has found a similar prob under rh6.2 on
|his box and w98. What he found was that with 98 on the system as a fresh
|install - no linux on system at all - it reads OK. as soon as linux goes
|near the disk it slows down. He has spoken to seagate, but of course
|they r not a lot of help as soon as u mention the word linux.
| Anyway able to help me here ? I have not confirmed my dealers story
|that with 98 only it runs OK - i don't wanna blow the system away just
|yet ....
|
