Re: HD performance question

2002-11-18 Thread Daniel Pittman
On 19 Nov 2002, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > Daniel Pittman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: >> > I'm a minimalist and rolled my own kernel. It was absolutely bare >> > bones and that had a noticable effect on hard disk performance. So >> > I tinkered around a

Re: HD performance question

2002-11-18 Thread Derek Gladding
On Monday 18 November 2002 02:28 am, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Dear .debs, > > I'm a minimalist and rolled my own kernel. It was absolutely bare > bones and that had a noticable effect on hard disk performance. So I > tinkered around a bit with k

Re: HD performance question

2002-11-18 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen
Daniel Pittman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > > I'm a minimalist and rolled my own kernel. It was absolutely bare > > bones and that had a noticable effect on hard disk performance. So I > > tinkered around a bit with kernel options and tested perfo

Re: HD performance question (3hd raid)

2002-11-18 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen
Robert Michel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Monday, 18. November 2002 13:01, Daniel Pittman wrote: > > On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > > > > Question 2: Can I do better than this? > > > > No. > > > > > I still think hard disk performance is a bit slow but that may be just > > > m

Re: HD performance question

2002-11-18 Thread Daniel Pittman
On 19 Nov 2002, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > Daniel Pittman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: >> > I'm a minimalist and rolled my own kernel. It was absolutely bare >> > bones and that had a noticable effect on hard disk performance. So >> > I tinkered around a

Re: HD performance question

2002-11-18 Thread Derek Gladding
On Monday 18 November 2002 02:28 am, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Dear .debs, > > I'm a minimalist and rolled my own kernel. It was absolutely bare > bones and that had a noticable effect on hard disk performance. So I > tinkered around a bit with k

Re: HD performance question

2002-11-18 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen
Daniel Pittman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > > I'm a minimalist and rolled my own kernel. It was absolutely bare > > bones and that had a noticable effect on hard disk performance. So I > > tinkered around a bit with kernel options and tested perfo

Re: HD performance question (3hd raid)

2002-11-18 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen
Robert Michel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Monday, 18. November 2002 13:01, Daniel Pittman wrote: > > On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > > > > Question 2: Can I do better than this? > > > > No. > > > > > I still think hard disk performance is a bit slow but that may be just > > > m

Re: HD performance question (3hd raid)

2002-11-18 Thread Mike Dresser
On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Robert Michel wrote: > Salve Mike, > > no no, I wouldn't buy a golden case for my laptop either, > I thought about an selfmade and cheap raid, > Linux-dell-laptop is also discussing how to change CPUs of Laptops, > to make them faster (and the battery running time shorter). >

Re: HD performance question (3hd raid)

2002-11-18 Thread Robert Michel
On Monday, 18. November 2002 15:55, Mike Dresser wrote: > On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Robert Michel wrote: > > Just for speed fetishists ;-) > > No - my hds is fust enough but I would be interested if someone already > > heared about it and has a report or know a webpage about it . > > There's a couple la

Re: HD performance question (3hd raid)

2002-11-18 Thread Mike Dresser
On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Robert Michel wrote: > Salve Mike, > > no no, I wouldn't buy a golden case for my laptop either, > I thought about an selfmade and cheap raid, > Linux-dell-laptop is also discussing how to change CPUs of Laptops, > to make them faster (and the battery running time shorter). >

Re: HD performance question (3hd raid)

2002-11-18 Thread Robert Michel
On Monday, 18. November 2002 15:55, Mike Dresser wrote: > On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Robert Michel wrote: > > Just for speed fetishists ;-) > > No - my hds is fust enough but I would be interested if someone already > > heared about it and has a report or know a webpage about it . > > There's a couple la

Re: HD performance question (3hd raid)

2002-11-18 Thread Mike Dresser
On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Robert Michel wrote: > Just for speed fetishists ;-) > No - my hds is fust enough but I would be interested if someone already heared > about it and has a report or know a webpage about it . There's a couple laptops out there with bays for up to four hard drives, Eurocom.ca s

Re: HD performance question (3hd raid)

2002-11-18 Thread Robert Michel
On Monday, 18. November 2002 13:01, Daniel Pittman wrote: > On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > > Question 2: Can I do better than this? > > No. > > > I still think hard disk performance is a bit slow but that may be just > > me. > > It is. You have a laptop, which means a 5400RPM drive

Re: HD performance question (3hd raid)

2002-11-18 Thread Mike Dresser
On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Robert Michel wrote: > Just for speed fetishists ;-) > No - my hds is fust enough but I would be interested if someone already heared > about it and has a report or know a webpage about it . There's a couple laptops out there with bays for up to four hard drives, Eurocom.ca s

Re: HD performance question

2002-11-18 Thread Daniel Pittman
On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > I'm a minimalist and rolled my own kernel. It was absolutely bare > bones and that had a noticable effect on hard disk performance. So I > tinkered around a bit with kernel options and tested performance with > hdparm -tT. Now I'd like to know wha

Re: HD performance question (3hd raid)

2002-11-18 Thread Robert Michel
On Monday, 18. November 2002 13:01, Daniel Pittman wrote: > On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > > Question 2: Can I do better than this? > > No. > > > I still think hard disk performance is a bit slow but that may be just > > me. > > It is. You have a laptop, which means a 5400RPM drive

HD performance question

2002-11-18 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dear .debs, I'm a minimalist and rolled my own kernel. It was absolutely bare bones and that had a noticable effect on hard disk performance. So I tinkered around a bit with kernel options and tested performance with hdparm -tT. Now I'd like to

Re: HD performance question

2002-11-18 Thread Daniel Pittman
On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > I'm a minimalist and rolled my own kernel. It was absolutely bare > bones and that had a noticable effect on hard disk performance. So I > tinkered around a bit with kernel options and tested performance with > hdparm -tT. Now I'd like to know wha

HD performance question

2002-11-18 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dear .debs, I'm a minimalist and rolled my own kernel. It was absolutely bare bones and that had a noticable effect on hard disk performance. So I tinkered around a bit with kernel options and tested performance with hdparm -tT. Now I'd like to