On 26 Sep 2000, Krzys Majewski wrote: >Matthew Dalton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Krzys Majewski wrote: >> > >> > How can I optimize hard drive access? Please tell me I don't >> > have to try one million random combinations of the various flags >> > to hdparm. Or is the kernel doing the right thing already? >> >> Read this: >> http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2000/06/29/hdparm.html >> > >Thanks. Looks like it basically does boil down to trying millions of >random combinations, except worse because according to the manpage >about half of them may corrupt your filesystems. I've done > >hdparm -c 3 -m 16 -d 1 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Now, put this on the provided line in /etc/init.d/hwtools. It will be set up for you at boot.
Brent
