RE: [newbie] hdd speed problem
Ok, The 10 times Ive played with hdparm, I've messed up the installation. I will never touch hdparm, and will use SCSI forever. That was my newyears resolution. I know hdparm did help me speed things up, but playing with the settings is never a good idea : Vasiliy Boulytchev Colorado Information Technologies, Inc. http://www.coinfotech.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Stephen Kuhn Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 7:12 PM To: Mandrake Newbie Subject: Re: [newbie] hdd speed problem On Sat, 2003-09-20 at 17:16, L.V.Gandhi wrote: I am having still problem with hdd speed. [EMAIL PROTECTED] lvgandhi]# hdparm /dev/hda WHACK I have following lines in dmesg. blk: queue c03cb420, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0x) ide0: Speed warnings UDMA 3/4/5 is not functional. blk: queue c03cb55c, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0x) ide0: Speed warnings UDMA 3/4/5 is not functional. inserting floppy driver for 2.4.21-0.13mdk It is shown as 100ATA in bios while booting. hdparm -X 69 /dev/hda also doesn't help. What to do? And I'm to assume you've tried: hdparm -X68 -c3 -m16 -d1 -A1 -W1 /dev/hda ?? Also, you can (stress CAN) force params at kernel boot by appending to your lilo.conf as the following: append=quiet devfs=mount idebus=66 ide0=ata66 ide1=ata66 (tailor it to your system, then re-run lilo) Try that - and reboot - watch what dmesg says and then try your params again with hdparm stephen kuhn - owner == illawarra computer services a kuhn media australia company http://kma.0catch.com -- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents -- Most people need some of their problems to help take their mind off some of the others. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] hdd speed problem
On Saturday 20 Sep 2003 8:16 am, L.V.Gandhi wrote: I am having still problem with hdd speed. SNIP /dev/hda: Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 0.37 seconds =345.95 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 4.17 seconds = 15.35 MB/sec [EMAIL PROTECTED] lvgandhi]# hdparm -i /dev/hda /dev/hda: Model=ST320413A, FwRev=3.39, SerialNo=6ED1JBLC SNIP PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 *udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 AdvancedPM=no WriteCache=enabled Drive conforms to: device does not report version: 1 2 3 4 I have following lines in dmesg. blk: queue c03cb420, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0x) ide0: Speed warnings UDMA 3/4/5 is not functional. blk: queue c03cb55c, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0x) ide0: Speed warnings UDMA 3/4/5 is not functional. inserting floppy driver for 2.4.21-0.13mdk It is shown as 100ATA in bios while booting. hdparm -X 69 /dev/hda also doesn't help. What to do? At first I thought your problem would perhaps be because you were using the 40 conductor cable instead of the 80 conductor. But a quick Google/linux on 'ide0: Speed warnings' reveals a lot of people having similar problems to you. The issue seems to revolve around chip sets and the kernel. One person reported being able to get full disc speed despite the error message using hdparm -c1d1X69 It might be worth asking on MandrakeExpert (Yes, I know they can be slow replying, but that is where Civileme devotes his time now) derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] hdd speed problem
I am having still problem with hdd speed.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] lvgandhi]# 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= 8 (on)
geometry = 2434/255/63, sectors = 39102336, start = 0
[EMAIL PROTECTED] lvgandhi]# hdparm -tT /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 0.37 seconds =345.95 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 4.17 seconds = 15.35 MB/sec
[EMAIL PROTECTED] lvgandhi]# hdparm -i /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
Model=ST320413A, FwRev=3.39, SerialNo=6ED1JBLC
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw15uSec Fixed DTR10Mbs RotSpdTol.5% }
RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=0
BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=512kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=39102336
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 udma5
AdvancedPM=no WriteCache=enabled
Drive conforms to: device does not report version: 1 2 3 4
I have following lines in dmesg.
blk: queue c03cb420, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0x)
ide0: Speed warnings UDMA 3/4/5 is not functional.
blk: queue c03cb55c, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0x)
ide0: Speed warnings UDMA 3/4/5 is not functional.
inserting floppy driver for 2.4.21-0.13mdk
It is shown as 100ATA in bios while booting.
hdparm -X 69 /dev/hda also doesn't help.
What to do?
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Re: [newbie] hdd speed problem
On Sat, 2003-09-20 at 17:16, L.V.Gandhi wrote: I am having still problem with hdd speed. [EMAIL PROTECTED] lvgandhi]# hdparm /dev/hda WHACK I have following lines in dmesg. blk: queue c03cb420, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0x) ide0: Speed warnings UDMA 3/4/5 is not functional. blk: queue c03cb55c, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0x) ide0: Speed warnings UDMA 3/4/5 is not functional. inserting floppy driver for 2.4.21-0.13mdk It is shown as 100ATA in bios while booting. hdparm -X 69 /dev/hda also doesn't help. What to do? And I'm to assume you've tried: hdparm -X68 -c3 -m16 -d1 -A1 -W1 /dev/hda ?? Also, you can (stress CAN) force params at kernel boot by appending to your lilo.conf as the following: append=quiet devfs=mount idebus=66 ide0=ata66 ide1=ata66 (tailor it to your system, then re-run lilo) Try that - and reboot - watch what dmesg says and then try your params again with hdparm stephen kuhn - owner == illawarra computer services a kuhn media australia company http://kma.0catch.com -- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents -- Most people need some of their problems to help take their mind off some of the others. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
