On Tue, 2003-06-17 at 14:31, Peter Davies wrote: > YES that works > I used hdparm -c3 -d1 -m16 -u1 -X66 > and all seems well. > Now I just need to figure out where to put this line so that it does it at startup > Thanks Stephen
You should be able to directly make the modifications to the /etc/sysconfig/harddisks file: I do know that the context is a bit "not" like the hdparm config commands, but the -d1 is already in there (should just have to uncomment it) but like the -X66 would then be: TRANSFER_MODE=66 Here's what mine actually looks like: USE_DMA=1 MULTIPLE_IO=16 EIDE_32BIT=3 LOOKAHEAD=1 INTERRUPT_UNMASK=1 USE_PIO=4 TRANSFER_MODE=69 > > One some systems - depending on their motherboard/IDE controller, I've > > been able to successfully pass kernel parameters in the /etc/lilo.conf > > to assist in speeding up the IDE bus speed and throughput. > > I am not sure what you mean here I've added extra parameters to the kernel booting in my /etc/lilo.conf as per example: boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map vga=1 default="linux" keytable=/boot/us.klt prompt nowarn timeout=100 message=/boot/message menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw image=/boot/vmlinuz label="linux" root=/dev/hda6 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="quiet devfs=mount hdd=ide-scsi idebus=66 ide0=ata66 ide1=ata66" vga=1 read-only ...so it's forcing the IDE bus to 66mhz, and each of the IDE drives to ATA66; it's helped my system "overcome" some performance issues with channel speed and overall drive performance... -- Tue Jun 17 14:35:01 EST 2003 14:35:01 up 3 days, 21:49, 3 users, load average: 0.14, 0.08, 0.07 ----------------------------------------------------------------- | __ __ |kuhn media australia | | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |================================| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn | | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ----------------------------------------------------------------- linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 & RH 7.3 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 ----------------------------------------------------------------- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * "A mind is a terrible thing to have leaking out your ears." -- The League of Sadistic Telepaths -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
