I do can do a -c1 just fine also. If I do a -d1 (dma)...locks up...harddrive
light on constantly, even with the -X66 or -X68. I have a WD 20.5 ata/66 7200 rpm
drive. I wonder what's up with the dma stuff.
-Brian
Jonathan Prigot wrote:
> 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.
> ---
> 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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