Re: hdparm not o.k. ? (update)

2005-09-19 Thread Hans
Am Montag, 19. September 2005 19:51 schrieb Jean-Luc Coulon (f5ibh): > Le 19.09.2005 19:04:20, Hans a écrit : > > Hi folks, > > I tried to improve my settings of the harddrive. These are the > > original > > settings: > > > > /dev/hda: > > multcount= 16 (on) > > IO_support = 1 (32-bit) > >

Re: hdparm not o.k. ?

2005-09-19 Thread Hans
Am Montag, 19. September 2005 19:51 schrieb Jean-Luc Coulon (f5ibh): > Le 19.09.2005 19:04:20, Hans a écrit : > > Hi folks, > > I tried to improve my settings of the harddrive. These are the > > original > > settings: > > > > /dev/hda: > > multcount= 16 (on) > > IO_support = 1 (32-bit) > >

Re: hdparm not o.k. ?

2005-09-19 Thread Jean-Luc Coulon (f5ibh)
Le 19.09.2005 19:04:20, Hans a écrit : Hi folks, I tried to improve my settings of the harddrive. These are the original settings: /dev/hda: multcount= 16 (on) IO_support = 1 (32-bit) unmaskirq= 0 (off) using_dma= 0 (off) keepsettings = 0 (off) readonly = 0 (off) re

Re: hdparm not o.k. ?

2005-09-19 Thread Hans
Am Montag, 19. September 2005 19:38 schrieb Jacob Bresciani: > The only other thing that jumps to mind is permissions, I assume > you're running as root or through sudo? Yes, I am running as root. Directly as root, not sudo. Hans > > Jacob Bresciani > > > "Passwords are like bubble gum, stronges

Re: hdparm not o.k. ?

2005-09-19 Thread Jacob Bresciani
The only other thing that jumps to mind is permissions, I assume you're running as root or through sudo? Jacob Bresciani "Passwords are like bubble gum, strongest when fresh, should never be used by groups and create a sticky mess when left laying around" -anon On Sep 19, 2005, at 10:19

Re: hdparm not o.k. ?

2005-09-19 Thread Jacob Bresciani
do you have the proper chipset driver for your HD controller or motherboard loaded? if not then DMA won't work because it won't know where/how to turn it on. Knoppix loads a kernel which probably has your MB /HD controller loaded so at least you know it will work. Jacob Bresciani "Passw

hdparm not o.k. ?

2005-09-19 Thread Hans
Hi folks, I tried to improve my settings of the harddrive. These are the original settings: /dev/hda: multcount= 16 (on) IO_support = 1 (32-bit) unmaskirq= 0 (off) using_dma= 0 (off) keepsettings = 0 (off) readonly = 0 (off) readahead= 256 (on) geometry = 1