On Thursday, October 3, 2002, at 10:05 AM, Yves Godin wrote:
> At 10:50 AM 10/3/02 -0400, you wrote: >> Have you tried hdparm /dev/whateverX (or hdparm -t /dev/whateverX)? >> This will give you a more >> accurate result (IMHO) and it will allow you to set the DMA settings >> on the drive. > > > Yes, I do. And the results are very close to those that I got with dd. > The problem whith hdparm > is that it only gives the performance in reading not in writing. try hdparm -Tt device for both read & writes. > I found why I cannot set the UDMA mode 3/4/5. My board has a 44 pin > ide connector and the > cable that come with it convert from 44 pins to a 40 pins. To be able > to set the UDMA mode 3/4/5, > I must used a 80 wires cable. I try on another "slow" PC and there not > a great difference of > performance between the UDMA mode 2 and the UDMA mode 5. > > Yves > > > > _______________________________________________ > Linuxbios mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios _______________________________________________ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
