Mike,
You may want to try setting unmaskirq to 1 (hdparm -u1 /dev/hda) and I/O support to "32-bit w/sync" (hdparm -c3 /dev/hda). This might help with your interactivity.
Regards, khromy
L1: khromy ;khromy (at) lnuxlab.ath.cx
Michael B Allen wrote:
I'm running 2.4 on a T30 laptop. X gets very choppy when the disk rocks. When locatedb is running the machine is barely usable. Can anyone recommend changes that I can make that might improve the situation?
Thanks, Mike
[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# hdparm /dev/hda
/dev/hda: multcount = 16 (on) I/O support = 0 (default 16-bit) unmaskirq = 0 (off) using_dma = 1 (on) keepsettings = 0 (off) nowerr = 0 (off) readonly = 0 (off) readahead = 8 (on) geometry = 5168/240/63, sectors = 78140160, start = 0 busstate = 1 (on) [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# hdparm -i /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
Model=TOSHIBA MK4019GAX, FwRev=FA003B, SerialNo=Y2II6365T
Config={ Fixed }
RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=46
BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=0kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=78140160
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 DMA modes: sdma0 sdma1 sdma2 mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3
udma4 *udma5 AdvancedPM=yes: unknown setting WriteCache=enabled
Drive Supports : Reserved : ATA-1 ATA-2 ATA-3 ATA-4 ATA-5
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