Re: problem with turning on the DMA (was: better than nice -d 19)

2003-11-13 Thread Florian Ernst
Hello 'Shot'! On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 12:17:07PM +0100, Shot wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo hdparm -d1 /dev/hda /dev/hda: setting using_dma to 1 (on) HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted using_dma= 0 (off) [... snip ...] 00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT8

problem with turning on the DMA (was: better than nice -d 19)

2003-11-13 Thread Shot
Hello. Florian Ernst: > hdparm -d doesn't toggle DMA, you have to set it explicitly, ie. > hdparm -d1 /dev/hda Sorry for jumping in mid-thread. I'm new to Debian and I wasn't aware that the DMA isn't turned on by default. However, when I try to set it up, I get [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo hdpar

RE: better than nice -d 19

2003-11-12 Thread Jochen Daum
Hi ! > On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 01:17:39PM +1300, Jochen Daum wrote: > >> And did you enable DMA on you disks (hdparm)? > > > >No, didn't. Thanks for this. But when I try hdparm -d /dev/hda I > >always get > > > >using_dma = off (0) > > > >instead of enabling/disabling it as the manpage says. Does

Re: better than nice -d 19

2003-11-12 Thread Florian Ernst
Hello Jochen! On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 01:17:39PM +1300, Jochen Daum wrote: And did you enable DMA on you disks (hdparm)? No, didn't. Thanks for this. But when I try hdparm -d /dev/hda I always get using_dma = off (0) instead of enabling/disabling it as the manpage says. Does this point to not bei

RE: better than nice -d 19

2003-11-12 Thread Jochen Daum
Hi ! > Hello Jochen! > > On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 04:58:35PM +1300, Jochen Daum wrote: > >I have a backup process running on a debian woody webserver with > >kernel 2.2.20-compact. The system is not very responsive while this > >backup process is running. Is there any way I can improve that? > > >

Re: better than nice -d 19

2003-11-12 Thread Florian Ernst
Hello Jochen! On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 04:58:35PM +1300, Jochen Daum wrote: I have a backup process running on a debian woody webserver with kernel 2.2.20-compact. The system is not very responsive while this backup process is running. Is there any way I can improve that? I checked the nice value w

better than nice -d 19

2003-11-11 Thread Jochen Daum
Hi ! I have a backup process running on a debian woody webserver with kernel 2.2.20-compact. The system is not very responsive while this backup process is running. Is there any way I can improve that? I checked the nice value with top. Thanks for any suggestion. regards, Jochen Daum Web Arch