On Wed, 2 Oct 2002 12:30, Donovan Baarda wrote: > Don't forget the old reliable (adjust params to your particular situation); > > hdparm -m16 -c1 -d1 -u1 /dev/hda > irqtune 3 14 > > Install the hwtool package and configure... This enables interupts when > processing hda interupts, allowing interleaving of serial coms with HDD > activity. It also places serial interupts at a higher priority so they get > serviced before HDD. > > Note that the above hdpam settings can be risky on some hardware. I suspect > that the "-d1" which turns on DMA probably makes the other hdparm options > redundant. I have had the "-d1" trash HDD's on some MB's, but on most > modern motherboards its pretty much an essential system optimisation (huge > performance boost).
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