How do I know if I need any of these options for my hard drive? Are the kernel/ide driver defaults reasonable? Do these flags improve performance? (Right now I'm just using hdparm -y to spin down the disk) -chris
On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, CHEONG, Shu Yang [Patrick] wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I included an additional SXX in the rc2.d dir as follows:- > > #! /bin/sh > # Enabling dma for hda > > hdparm -d1 -c1 -a1 -A1 -m8 -k1 /dev/hda > > Remember to chmod the file created to 755 less it does not execute at > boot. Also, I'd manually try this first before actually including the > above, particularly the -d1 as on some systems, it screws up the > hardisk. Also, try a combination of the settings to get the optimum > performance from the hardisk (this can be tested using the hdparm -t > /dev/hda). Good luck! > > > Patrick Cheong > Information Systems Assurance > Measat Broadcast Network Systems > e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Visit us at: http://www.astro.com.my > > - -----Original Message----- > From: Jamie Raymond [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2000 10:44 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: hdparm > > Hi, > > Where's the best place to put a call to hdparm so that it gets > invoked > upon booting? (would inserting it into an existing file in > /etc/init.d > be appropriate?) > > Thanks, > Jamie
