I just tried making some adjustments via hdparm, and the unexpected happened. I enabled multicount transfers and 32bit w/ sync (dma was enabled by the 440BX chipset) and things slowed down.
it went from: # hdparm -Tt /dev/hda /dev/hda: Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 1.10 seconds =116.36 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 3.49 seconds = 18.34 MB/sec to: # hdparm -Tt /dev/hda /dev/hda: Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 3.27 seconds = 39.14 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 5.32 seconds = 12.03 MB/sec Anyone else with a 440BX have hints for tuning via hdparm? -B -- Brandon High [EMAIL PROTECTED] If we really needed to find Jesus his face would be on milk cartons.
