Re: [LIH] Re: hdparm with kernel2.4.1

[Kingsly John]

On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, Ashwin D wrote:

 |On Monday 09 April 2001 12:11, you wrote:
 |Just renewing this thread to report a suggestion, Rajesh try:
 |hdparm -t /dev/hdaN (N is the / OR /home partition). The speed reported was 
 |20 mb/s for me - which is good. 

/dev/hda12:
 Timing buffer-cache reads:   128 MB in  0.73 seconds =175.34 MB/sec
 Timing buffered disk reads:  64 MB in  4.21 seconds = 15.20 MB/sec

/dev/hda9:
 Timing buffer-cache reads:   128 MB in  0.71 seconds =180.28 MB/sec
 Timing buffered disk reads:  64 MB in  3.51 seconds = 18.23 MB/sec

/dev/hda:
 Timing buffer-cache reads:   128 MB in  0.77 seconds =166.23 MB/sec
 Timing buffered disk reads:  64 MB in  2.97 seconds = 21.55 MB/sec


kinda weird isn't it ??? 

Kingsly

                .:: Kingsly John                ICQ 14787510 ::.
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            .:: Linux 2.4.3 #9 Mon Apr 23 11:52:01 IST 2001 i686 ::.
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           `:. Posted to the list on Mon Apr 23 12:44:21 IST 2001 .:'


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