Re: [LIH] hdparm with kernel2.4.1

[Kingsly John]

On Sat, 7 Apr 2001, Rajesh Fowkar wrote:

 |/dev/hda:
 | Timing buffer-cache reads:   128 MB in  1.84 seconds = 69.57 MB/sec
 | Timing buffered disk reads:  64 MB in 13.88 seconds =  4.61 MB/sec

What are the settings on your hard disk ?? have you set it to master and
slave ??? 

for UDMA/66 you need to set your hard disk to CableSelect (CS) for optimum
performance.

Kingsly

PS: on my ST320423A I get the following speeds... you should get something
close to this too.

/dev/hdb:
 Timing buffer-cache reads:   128 MB in  0.83 seconds =154.22 MB/sec
 Timing buffered disk reads:  64 MB in  2.84 seconds = 22.54 MB/sec
[root@utopia /root]#


                .:: Kingsly John                ICQ 14787510 ::.
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            .:: Linux 2.4.3 #2 Sun Apr 1 00:02:27 IST 2001 i686 ::.
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           `:. Posted to the list on Sun Apr  8 15:18:49 IST 2001 .:'


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