You are getting confused with something else as mentioned in another
reply. There are a couple of ways to take better advantage of your hard
drive:
1. Use kernel parameters ideX=autotune where X is the ide controller
(0,1,2,3). There are several known bugs in the 2.2.17 kernel, fewer, but
known in 2.4.0, and 2.4.1. Even with 2.4.2 and 2.4.3 I wouldn't have
complete confidence that things will work right so make an extra entry in
LILO or Grub to test it out.
2. Manually tune your drive parameters with hdparm. Be sure to read up on
the man page before doing so. Here is an example of how you might tune
one of your hard drives 'hdparm -m16 -u1 -c1 -d1 -X68 /dev/hda'. Normally
you want to avoid -X option.
> Hi all,
> I have 2 IDE HDs, both of which are 66s, and upon boot, or looking at
> dmesg, I see this line:
> ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with
> idebus=xx
>
> If MDK 7.2 is reading my drives as 33s, where do I change this
> "idebus=xx" (I assume you put in 66 here), so that I can utilize the 66
> speed.
>
> Thanks for your help..
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Gary
>
> Today's thought: Before you criticize someone walk a mile in his shoes.
> That way if he gets angry he'll be a mile away -- and barefoot.
