hi ay mark

On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, mdevin wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 17:04:44 -0800, Alvin Oga wrote:
> > thats a good option, you might also wanna try
> > 
> > hdparm -c3 -d1 -u1 /dev/hda 
> >     -u1  allow the system to process other systeminterrupts
> >     while waiting for the disk
> 
> Yep, tried that too but each time I see errors in syslog and the drive
> resets itself.

the drive probably doesn't support -c3 or -u1

> > --- you can also check your cas timing speed to tune that to the
> > --- speed of your actual memory used ...
> > --- pc100 vs pc133 vs pc2100  
> > ---
> > --- Do NOT mix different memory speeds ...
> 
> I will check the bios setup again.
> 
> > === CAUTION
> > === playing will hdparm options -- you risk losing data on your disks
> 
> Yeah, I have read that and it worries me.

you're supposed to do hdparm testing on your spare disk that you
dont care about 
        - or at least backup your data and config files

have fun
alvin


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