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?
Not completly, autotune would hang with my chipset (SiS). Hdparm works fine,
dramatic speed increase - I run it from rc.local - RTFM 1st though. Never
tried drakopt.
If autotune hangs, you can just boot from a rescue disk & edit/chroot/run
lilo.
