Hi, I recently acquired a new Compaq D380MX pc, and was able to successfully install Mandrake 9.0 on it. All was not well however, as I discovered that my programs took a huge amount of time to build (static library create time) and link. On investigating further(read "on reading http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2000/06/29/hdparm.html";), the results were as follows... $>hdparm -Tt /dev/hda gives : /dev/hda: Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 0.54 seconds =237.04 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 24.14 seconds = 2.65 MB/sec
Next Step was to try: hdparm -c1d1X33 /dev/hda This led to a very minor improvement, ie the buffered disk read rate went up to 4.5 MB/sec. An error message with this command:"HDIO_SETDMA_FAILED:operation not permitted" I think (but I'm a newbie in such matters, don't go by what I think) that I don't have the proper drivers, and Compaq's site is silent on this matter. On searching for the hardware types, I got the following information about the hard drive: HD 80 GB 5400 MSR38. This is where I am currently. Any inputs are most welcome and awaited :-) Thanks, -Prashant __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site http://webhosting.yahoo.com ================================================ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in subject header. Check archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd%40wpaa.org
