On Wednesday 27 December 2000 08:11, you wrote:
> Hello I was given some code by someone and I was curious what it meant: (
> This was sent in response to my asking about hard drive optimization )
> hard drive optimization :
> hdparm -A1 -d1 -X34 /dev/hda
>
> I was told that hdparm was about adjusting the HD and I know that the
> /dev/hda is referring to device hda which is the hard drive but those lines
> in between got me totally stumped.
> Steve Hagerman
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.advancedisp.com


man hdparm

-X34 = mdma*2

-d1   Enable DMA 

-A1  enable read lookahead feature

This must be for an older Motherboard.  These settings woulf be appropriate 
on an Intel TX chipset.

Civileme

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