On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 10:47:37AM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > 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? > > /dev/hda: > Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 18.06 seconds = 3.54 MB/sec > > do i need to turn dma on?
You be the judge: # hdparm -Tt /dev/hda /dev/hda: Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 0.75 seconds =170.67 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 1.78 seconds = 35.96 MB/sec -- Jamin W. Collins -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
