b5dave wrote: > Yes, I understand. In lieu of "engaged" I should have said "setup" , > because somewhere there would have to be a line like: > 'hdparm -m 8 -d 1 -u 1 -c 1 /dev/hda' to ensure that it is set on > subsequent re-boots. If you think you have it set, just try # hdparm -tT > /dev/whatever and look at the buffered disk reads. I went from something > like 4 MB/sec to 19.88 MB/sec. I figure its some DMA setting in > the kernel config that relates to the mobo's ide chipset. There's a whole > slew of block device settings in .config which is kinda why I wanted to > know. > > I'm positive I checked that off during the install, but hell, who knows. > As Eric suggested, the only reasonable place to put the command would be > somewhere under /etc/rc.d like runlevel 3 or 5 or rc.local (which is where > I've put it). > > So the burning question is: Does anybody have the hdparm command in their > rc scripts or elsewhere??? > > Cheers, > Dave. > > On 22-Dec-2000 Amit Bapat wrote: > > hdparam is not a daemon that runs, it just sets some parameters to be > > used > > for your HD > > > > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > > From: b5dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [expert] 'Use hard drive optimizations' does what? > > Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 18:32:28 -0500 (EST) > > > > I initially thought that install option would engage hdparm since the > > warning is the same, but hdparm was definitely not running.. That leaves > > the kernel. Does anyone know what config options get set? > > > > Thanks > > Dave. > > > > --------- > > 21-Dec-2000 > > 18:32:28 > > --------- > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > --------- > 21-Dec-2000 > 21:17:22 > --------- I've got mine as the last line of rc.sysinit. It works.
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