Or just get hwtools it creates a basic init.d script where you put your hdparm flags
Bijan Soleymani wrote: >>Is this normal? I don't seem to remember having ide performance issues like >>this before (this is a new install). >> >> >> >This is normal if dma is not enabled. >It isn't enabled by default in Debian. >To enable it install hdparm and then >run hdparm -d1 /dev/hdx as root >where x is either a,b,c,d depending on the >ide device. > >Hopefully that will work and your problem >will be solved. If you're really lucky >like me you can do something like >hdparm -c3d1m16X66 /dev/hda to enable >other options such as ATA-66. Just >do man hdparm and check out the options. > >You might want to make a script to run >hdparm on boot. You can put such >a script in /etc/rc.boot >it would look something like >#!/bin/sh >hdparm -options /dev/1stdevice >hdparm -options /dev/2nddevice >... > >Hope that helps, >Bijan > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]