On Wednesday 16 July 2003 03:31, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] > Ya know, I don't know what happened, but I fired it up and now it works - > go figure. Now it just seems to take forever to start - I don't know - > maybe I'll just go back to reading books or watching tv, this computer > thing is giving me a tumor!
Make sure your harddisk uses the DMA mode. [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# hdparm -i /dev/hda /dev/hda: Model=ST380011A, FwRev=3.06, SerialNo=3JV20WF8 Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs RotSpdTol>.5% } RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4 BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=2048kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16 CurCHS=65535/1/63, CurSects=4128705, LBA=yes, LBAsects=156301488 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120} PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5 AdvancedPM=no WriteCache=enabled Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 2: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Mine - b.e. is using UDMA5 :) The fastest setting :) Here the bonnie run (while normal use of the system occured, e.g. reading Mails, starting browsers etc.). Version 1.02c ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input- --Random -Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block-- --Seeks- Machine Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP /sec %C pandora.solsys.o 1G 4984 82 31928 34 12815 12 4546 71 26850 17 136.3 ------Sequential Create------ --------Random Create------- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete- files /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %C 16 280 84 +++++ +++ 32638 93 270 81 +++++ +++ 1186 8 pandora.solsys.org,1G,4984,82,31928,34,12815,12,4546,71,26850,17,136.3,1,16,2884,+++++,+++,32638,93,270,81,+++++,+++,1186,80 Cheers :) Joerg -- It is only with the heart one can see clearly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. -- The Fox, 'The Little Prince" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Joerg Mertin : [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Home)| | in Neuchâtel/Schweiz : [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alt1)| | Stardust's LiNUX System : [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alt2)| | Web: http://www.solsys.org: Voice & Fax: +41(0)32 / 725 52 54 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PGP Fingerprint: AF0F FB75 997B 025F 4538 5AD6 9888 5D97 170B 8B7A
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