Re: [expert] 'Use hard drive optimizations' does what?

[b5dave]

Alex wrote

> I have the following at the end of rc.local
> 
># hdparm stuff
> echo -n "Harddrive optimizations"
> /sbin/hdparm -c 1 -d 1 -k 1 /dev/hda
> /sbin/hdparm -c 1 -d 1 -k 1 /dev/hdb
> /sbin/hdparm -c 1 -k 1 /dev/hde    

and .....

Bill wrote:

>I've got mine as the last line of rc.sysinit. It works.

Well if either one of you guys says that the install did indeed append
that to either script, then that makes my initial question about a
possible kernel parameter moot, and that's one more mystery solved. I'm
perfectly happy with that.  :-)

ps Bill. Is that x-vcard attachment a *nix thing? I think I may have got
one recently from an associate and flamed them for sending me yet another
proprietary M$ attachment. OOPS!

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