On Apr 11, 2005 12:58 PM, Robert G. Hays <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, we know what the drive can do; at least, At Least!, so I am left > suspecting that the Gentoo kernel does not have the best setup for the > mobo, --or-- has something in there for safety that has the effect of > slowing the throughput down; make [ menuconfig | xmewnuconfig ] to fix, > or maybe just [ less | joe | nano | kate | etc ] /usr/src/linux/.config > to look (& maybe fix by hand... I've done several of these myself. (& > Ok, which way did you -think- I meant a.l.a.l ? ;) ) ) > > If you go the make 'config route, *do* by all means read all the help > you can find in there before changing thins; you cwill probably find > something that interacts with something else that you've already done > that makes "what you've already done" irrelevant or -wrong-, so read all > through the [deleted] thing before making changes. Itsa drag, yeah, but > it does make things like kernels more safely. > > We both know its gotta be in there somewhere, right?
I recommend using genkernel for creating a kernel. You still have to deal with configuring yourself, but then Gentoo deals with the compile and moving the kernel around and such. > > rgh. > > Followed by the inevitable compile, if you _do_ find something. > > Alexander Veit wrote: > > >Robert G. Hays wrote: > > > > > >>In the Gentoo manual, in the early stages, it mentions -tT; nearby & > >>below, it mentions another hdparm line to speed things up. > >>Did you try that line? > >> > >> > > > >I've tried it. The result is 19.11 MB/sec. > > > >But why are the values posted before so different? hdparm -vid /dev/hda only > >reports differences in the drive geometry. > > > >Alex > > -- Justin Patrin -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
