Re: [newbie] DMA 33 stuff

2000-05-19 Thread mikepolniak
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 m

[newbie] pc solutions-mounting CDRW device

2000-03-14 Thread mikepolniak
In order to get supermount to open my CDRW I had to edit the fstab file so the line for this device ends with dev=/dev/scd0. Because lilo.conf appends "hdc=ide-scsi" the CDRW has to be accessed as a scsi device. On Tue, 14 Mar 2000, you wrote: > I am having the same problem with the cd roms