I've got a script in /etc/ini.d with this in it, case "$1" in start) echo -n "Optimizing /dev/hda performance: " hdparm -d1 -q -m16 -u1 -k1 -K1 /dev/hda > /dev/null echo "hdparm"
*) ;; esac My options are hardcoded into the script, I've got it running on boot. Works like a charm. You might not want to use the same parameters as me though! Naitik. On Thursday 11 September 2003 02:33 pm, Antonio RodrX wrote: > Does anyone know of a good tutorial, or howto on hard drives? I would like > to understand a little better this part of the hardware before playing with > hdparm. Some hdparm bash script examples would be also welcome. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]