Keld J�rn Simonsen wrote:
>
> On Fri, Mar 08, 2002 at 07:05:37AM -0500, Hoyt wrote:
> > On Saturday 09 March 2002 11:33 am, you wrote:
> > > > I added:
> > > >
> > > > ide0=0x1f0 ide0=dma ide0=autotune
> > > >
> > > > to LILO and my system boots much faster.
> > > >
> >
> > >
> > > You can use drakopt to optimize speed opt your HD.
> >
> > Yes, but that only works _after_ you have booted, not before. The end result
> > is essentially the same.
>
> Is it safe? How much does it gain in speed?
>
> keld
Is it safe?
My WD HD (which is not on the drakopt database), and my MBO support only
DMA33, after optimization I got
average transfer rate 22.37 MB/s, according to drakopt )
anyway system is faster, even boot up.
Another utility on mandrake download (ftp://..../RPMS2) is
idedrivetweak-kde.
You can use "hdparm" on Mandrake CD,s. for this same purposes.
Be aware!
Read first about it! I.e.: hdparm --help
Irek
