Doh, I forgot to turn on the DMA options in the kernel.
Thanks.
Mark Hahn wrote:
> you didn't mention what ide controller you're using,
> which sort of makes a big difference. with modern kernels,
> it shouldn't be necessary to hdparm at all, since you
> can select such config at compile time
With 2.2.18 I can set using_dma = 1 with hdparm on my Dell Inspiron
8000, I cannot with 2.4.1-ac15, so my HD works about 1/3 the speed with
2.4.1.
[root@jkd junfan]# hdparm -I /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
Model=IHATHC_IKD32AB2- 0 , FwRev=000E0A2D,
SerialNo= 11S59T
Conf
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