> What can I do to boost hard disk performance. I've got /, /usr/local,
> and /home set up as ReiserFS partitions, and /boot as ext2 (that little
> trick let me upgrade my kernel in 7.1 without the ReiserFS filesystem
> work-around, so I kept with it).
>
> I can't verify it until I find the rpm which contains hdparm, but I
> think I remember the result of hdparm -t was 2.6 or 6.2 Mb/sec.
> Obviously, either of those is FAR slower than it should be.
>
> - Theo
I have inserted this line at the end of /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit:
/sbin/hdparm -c 1 -d 1 -k 1 /dev/hda
- and I also have a line just like it for /dev/hdb and /dev/hde.
This has proven to be the best place to put it, at least for me, unless you
want to put it in a script and run it from your init.d.
Bear in mind that I am using ext2 partitions, not Reiser; so make sure you
check the viability of the options I used before you go trashing your system
by blindly following my lead. I haven't checked into the Reiser system's
differences from ext2. I am just telling you what works for me.
Jay
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