Martin Oldfield writes: > > > I'd like to improve the IDE performance of my system. The IDE > controllers are on a newish Intel motherboard; /proc/pci says: > > IDE interface: Intel 82371AB 430TX PIIX4 (rev 1). > > The drives are older: > > Model=QUANTUM FIREBALL ST6.4A, FwRev=A0F.0800, SerialNo=15672304 > Model=QUANTUM FIREBALL_TM3840A, FwRev=A6B.1T00, SerialNo=39662361 > Model=ST32140A, FwRev=08.08.01, SerialNo=JBF24417 > Model=ST32140A, FwRev=08.08.01, SerialNo=JB770285 > > Can anyone suggest more aggressive (yet safe!) options for hdparm to > make things run more quickly; alternatively is there a repository of > known good settings.
Here's a script I added to /etc/init.d (with link in /etc/rc2.d) for better performance. Use the '-i' option alone to find out the number for the '-m' option. (man page explains all) This script is the last thing executed during bootup. Enjoy! Oh BTW, my transfers jump from 5 Mb/sec to 35Mb/sec. ------------------------------------------------------- #!/bin/sh # # uncomment next line if you are swapping around the IDE drives #exit 0 echo Testing IDE.. /usr/sbin/hdparm -t /dev/hdc echo Set up hard drives for multiple sector /usr/sbin/hdparm -m 32 /dev/hdc /usr/sbin/hdparm -m 16 /dev/hda echo Turning on DMA access /usr/sbin/hdparm -d 1 /dev/hdc /usr/sbin/hdparm -d 1 /dev/hda echo Testing IDE.. /usr/sbin/hdparm -t /dev/hdc -- -= Sent by Debian 1.3 Linux =- Thomas Kocourek KD4CIK @[EMAIL PROTECTED]@westgac3.dragon.com Remove @_@ for correct Email address --... ...-- ... -.. . -.- -.. ....- -.-. .. -.- -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
