What happens if you don't do the -d1? I can do -c1 just fine (and it speeds
things up 50%), but if I do -d1 my system locks solid.
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On Mon, 05 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> I am trying to change the 16 bit i/o seetings for my hard drive to 32 bit to
> drive to speed up access with the following command:
>
> hdparm -c 1 -d 1 /dev/hde (I have ata/66 drives working on hde/hdg)
>
> I wait a good 5 minutes and nothing ...just hangs, but I can close the
> x-terminal.
>
> Any ideas here/
>
> BTW, I got this tweak tip from:
>
> http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/hardware/hdtweak.html
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