Is that only for an iBook, or is it a more generic change? Hugh
BenH wrote: > On Mon, Jan 10, 2000, hughc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Of course, if disk-intensiveness is a large part of the compiling > process, you > >probably need to spend a fair amount of time with hdparm before it works at > >it's > >best. According to it's built-in benchmarks, disk throughput practically > >doubled > >on my 400 mhz "Bronze" laptop when I set it to autotune. > > > >Is hdparm available with Debian? > > depending on which options you used when the kernel was compiled, this > may be done automatically. > > My latest "ibook" kernel contains some IDE changes that will > automatically set the disk to the best support DMA mode. -- Hugh Caley Unix System Administrator Babcock & Brown, San Francisco 415-512-1515 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
