Dear Civileme, I am trying to understand your message (remember I am a
newbie).
Lets me comment step by step your message:
1) fdisk + mkfs (create partitions and file system for linux)
2) ide0=noautotune (I suppose is an aditional command on grub or lilo,
isn't it?
2) hdparm -c1 -d1 -u1 -X68 /dev/hda; hdparm -c1 -d1 -u1 -X69 /dev/hdb
These are comands, bu I don't understand the coments you did:
-use hdparm -t after each setting and start dead slow,like
hdpar -c1 -d1 -X66 /eachdev. Does this mean:
a) hdparm -c1 d1 -X64 /dev/hda; hdparm -c d1 -X65 /dev/hda..
X66 ??? and for drive hdb continue until X68.... (I suppose
the new hd is hdb)??
b) and after reached X66 for hda and X68 for hdb: hdparm
-t /dev/hda; hdparm -t /dev/hdb?
3) I don't understand the hparm -c1 -d1 -u1 -X64+x /dev/hdb; hdpartm -t
/dev/hdb (you said that this produces performance of Y Mb/s!!!!); also
the hdparm -c1 -d1 -u1 -X64+x+1 /dev/hdb (X64+x+1 mens X69 for drive
hdb??????); hdparm -t /dev/hdb.
4) You said that when an increment X64+x+1 just produces and increment
of +/- 5% you mst use the x setting (64+x settin??)
O dear, I am absolutely lost!!!!
Please, when you had time, explain me step by step.
Thanks a lot for your kind attention, yours sincerely
Francisco Alcaraz
Murcia (Spain)
