Mandrake had something like that. However all I remember is it took
ages and settled on something that tested slower than when I just set to
spec.
BillK
On Fri, 2003-10-31 at 04:19, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Does forcing UDMA5 using -X69 help any? I tested both ways but didn't notice
>
> any difference.
>
> Does anyone know of a shell script that will test all the optimal settings? I
>
> build a lot of systems and it's a drag always testing different settings. A
> script that could probe and test a few sets of settings and output the best
> possible settings would be really cool!
>
>
>
> > Quoting HvR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >
> > > here is my set:
> > >
> > >
> > > /dev/hda:
> > > Timing buffer-cache reads: 592 MB in 2.00 seconds = 296.00 MB/sec
> > > Timing buffered disk reads: 80 MB in 3.02 seconds = 26.49 MB/sec
> > >
> > > /dev/hda:
> > > multcount = 16 (on)
> > > IO_support = 3 (32-bit w/sync)
> > > unmaskirq = 0 (off)
> > > using_dma = 1 (on)
> > > keepsettings = 0 (off)
> > > readonly = 0 (off)
> > > readahead = 16 (on)
> > > geometry = 9729/255/63, sectors = 156301488, start = 0
> > >
> > > /dev/hda:
> > >
> > > Model=IC25N080ATMR04-0, FwRev=MO4OAD0A, SerialNo=MRG401K4C0MEKC
> > > Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
> > > RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4
> > > BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=7884kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
> > > CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, 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=yes: mode=0x80 (128) WriteCache=enabled
> > > Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 3a:
> > >
> > > * signifies the current active mode
> > >
> > > Command i use to set this:
> > >
> > > hdparm -d1 -a16 -c3 -A1 -m16 /dev/hda
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, 2003-10-30 at 06:17, Craig Main wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > I have been looking at the speeds of the disks in some of the threads
> > > > lately. I noticed that mine is a lot slower than most. I have attached
> > > > some info. Is my disk running as optimally as it can or is there some
> > > > more tweaking I can do to improve performance?
> > > >
> > > > laptop root # hdparm -tT /dev/hda
> > > >
> > > > /dev/hda:
> > > > Timing buffer-cache reads: 644 MB in 2.00 seconds = 322.00 MB/sec
> > > > Timing buffered disk reads: 22 MB in 3.25 seconds = 6.77 MB/sec
> > > >
> > > > laptop root # hdparm /dev/hda
> > > >
> > > > /dev/hda:
> > > > multcount = 16 (on)
> > > > IO_support = 1 (32-bit)
> > > > unmaskirq = 0 (off)
> > > > using_dma = 0 (off)
> > > > keepsettings = 0 (off)
> > > > readonly = 0 (off)
> > > > readahead = 8 (on)
> > > > geometry = 2432/255/63, sectors = 39070080, start = 0
> > > >
> > > > laptop root # hdparm -i /dev/hda
> > > >
> > > > /dev/hda:
> > > >
> > > > Model=HITACHI_DK23CA-20, FwRev=00H1A0J1, SerialNo=12N68B
> > > > Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
> > > > RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=36477, SectSize=579, ECCbytes=4
> > > > BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=2048kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
> > > > CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=39070080
> > > > IORDY=yes, tPIO={min:400,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
> > > > PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
> > > > DMA modes: sdma0 sdma1 sdma2 mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
> > > > UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 *udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5
> > > > AdvancedPM=yes: mode=0x80 (128) WriteCache=enabled
> > > > Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-5 T13 1321D revision 3:
> > > >
> > > > * signifies the current active mode
> > > >
> > > > What other hdparm flags can I _safely_ use, I don't want to trash my
> > > > disk.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks and Regards
> > > > Craig
> > > >
> > > > --
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> > > >
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