On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 06:46:46AM -0700, Dan Owens wrote...... > On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, Chip Rose wrote: > > Another thing you might want to check is if your hard drive needs dma > turned on. What speed does "hdparm -t /dev/hda" give you? Most of the > debian kernels don't have dma turned on and will give very poor perfomance > with data transfers, starting programs, etc. Windows turns dma on by > defualt. > > In my experience, it isn't unusual to have the results go from 6 to 40 > with dma turned on. And that will look like night and day.
Take a look at this link for some guidance on how to tune your HD. http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue79/punk.html Kevin -- Kevin Coyner mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GnuPG key: 1024D/8CE11941
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