The same issue is still on Hardy, the kernel has changed to Oct 14 but still the 2.6.22 series things remain same :-
uname -a Linux Mugglewille 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 23:05:12 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux hdparm has moved on to become 7.7-1ubuntu1 but no change :( [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo hdparm -a1 -A1 -d1 /dev/sdb /dev/sdb: setting fs readahead to 1 setting using_dma to 1 (on) HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device setting drive read-lookahead to 1 (on) readahead = 0 (off) look-ahead = 1 (on) why readahead is set to off, shouldn't it be set on on ? -- poor performance hard disk IDE https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/96693 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs