No I'm not running SATA. I'm running IDE, old 1 and 2Gb drives. I've looked into it because I wanted to optimize this install as much as posible. I remember seeing a very good HOWTO for SATA on the Gentoo forums.
David ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Knecht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: gmane.linux.gentoo.user Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 12:01 PM Subject: Re: Re: Asus A7N8X-Deluxe - What kernel works? -Itboots SATA! > David, > Thanks. I'm actually pretty familiar with hdparm itself. My lack of > boldness was whether to push the envelope on this new SATA drive. Are > you running SATA? > > I see some threads on the web where people are getting > 120MB/S from > SATA, which is exciting. I just haven't pulled the trigger yet and tried > it. > > Thanks, > Mark > > On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 17:12, David Stewen wrote: > > Mark, > > > > Try editing your /etc/conf.d/hdparm file and customizing for the sata drive. > > > > I have something like: > > > > # disc0_args="-d1 -X66" > > # disc1_args"-d1" > > # cdrom0_args="-d1" > > > > # Or, you can set hdparm options for ALL drives using all_args.. > > # eg. > > # this mimics the behavior of the current script > > all_args="-d1 -c1 -u1 -Z" > > > > > > So when I run hdparm I get: > > > > hdparm /dev/hda > > > > /dev/hda: > > multcount = 16 (on) > > IO_support = 1 (32-bit) > > unmaskirq = 1 (on) > > using_dma = 1 (on) > > keepsettings = 0 (off) > > readonly = 0 (off) > > readahead = 8 (on) > > geometry = 620/64/63, sectors = 2502308, start = 0 > > > > Try the hdparm man page for a complete listing of all options. If you know > > exactly what your motherboard and hard drive support you can tweak it a lot. > > > > NOTE: Do an rc-update add hdparm boot to get the parmeters in the above > > mentioned file to work on bootup. WARNING be carefull because you can kill > > or corupt the hard drive with unsupported options. > > > > > > Good luck. > > > > David > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Mark Knecht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Newsgroups: gmane.linux.gentoo.user > > Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 5:18 AM > > Subject: Re: Asus A7N8X-Deluxe - What kernel works? - Itboots SATA! > > > > > > > On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 10:07, Hall Stevenson wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > As I told him, get the newest kernel possible. When 2.4.20 was released, > > > > did the nForce2 chipset exist ?? If not, it's hard to support it ! :-) > > Now > > > > you throw in SerialATA support on top of nForce2 and you really > > something > > > > current. I couldn't get USB support to work with my nForce2 (MSI) based > > > > board until I tried 2.4.23_preX kernels. > > > > > > > > Hall > > > > > > > > > > Hall, Alan, Javier and Jeffery, > > > Thanks for your help. I have now managed to boot my A7V8X-D > > > motherboard from the onboard SATA drive. It turned out that my 1st, and > > > most major problem was that I somehow ended up with multiple copies of > > > grub installed on the SATA drive. It gets a bit complicated to explain > > > where things are supposed to be in this setup, and all of the drive > > > partitionas, but obviously I confused myself in the process of bringing > > > it. > > > > > > Anyway, problem solved and the machine is booting. Thanks for all > > > your help! > > > > > > I am now running 2.4.22-aa1 and it's booting fine from SATA. I did > > > build 2.4.23-pre8 using my own quick configuration but there is some > > > problem there right now. I'll try that again later today possibly using > > > Javier's config file. > > > > > > The initial SATA drive performance isn't bad, but isn't that great. I > > > haven't been bold enough yet to turn on any specific optimizations in > > > this new machine yet, so it will likely get better: > > > > > > Gandalf root # hdparm /dev/hda > > > > > > /dev/hda: > > > multcount = 16 (on) > > > IO_support = 0 (default 16-bit) > > > unmaskirq = 0 (off) > > > using_dma = 1 (on) > > > keepsettings = 0 (off) > > > readonly = 0 (off) > > > readahead = 8 (on) > > > geometry = 155061/16/63, sectors = 156301488, start = 0 > > > Gandalf root # > > > > > > Gandalf root # hdparm -tT /dev/hde > > > > > > /dev/hde: > > > Timing buffer-cache reads: 128MB in 0.34 seconds=376.47MB/sec > > > Timing buffered disk reads: 64MB in 1.78 seconds= 35.96MB/sec > > > Gangalf root # > > > > > > Not bad, but actually not as good as the EIDE system I'm responding on > > > right now: > > > > > > Wizard root # hdparm -tT /dev/hda > > > > > > /dev/hda: > > > Timing buffer-cache reads: 1320 MB in 2.00 seconds = 660.00 MB/sec > > > Timing buffered disk reads: 140 MB in 3.04 seconds = 46.13 MB/sec > > > Wizard root # > > > > > > Both systems are Athlon-XP and Asus motherboards (A7V333-X with a 2600+ > > > vs. A7N8X-Deluxe with a 2500+ Barton) and both drives are 80GB. > > > > > > Now, on to getting more hardware working and X running! > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Mark > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
