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I put hdparm -c1 -d1 /dev/ hda in my startup script and my hard disk
speed increased from 3 MBps to 17.9 Mbps
The hard is an IBM 7200 RPM and the motherboard is ASUS.
Regards
Prakash
Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote:
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> Trevor Warren wrote:
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> > Mail from ILUG-BOM list (Non-Digest Mode)
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> > Trevor Warren writes,
> > This months edition of PCQ mentions that by default Linux uses a 16 bit
> > data EIDE access. Though this provides fantastic speeds , taking
> > this to 32 bit will help . Thats what PCQ says.
> > Is this really gonna speed things up ??
>
> Put this in your startup scripts and watch your disk performance
> zoom. Notably, no skipping when playing MP3s:
>
> /sbin/hdparm -u1 -c1 -m16 /dev/hda
> /sbin/hdparm -u1 /dev/cdrom
>
> Warning: If these settings aren't enabled by default, it's
> because they don't work for anyone. Make sure you man hdparm and
> check what you're letting yourself in for.
>
> And please, we know that it's you writing. You don't have to tell
> us that.
>
> --
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> Kiran Jonnalagadda
> http://lunateks.com
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> baby.sh: while true; do echo "^G^G^G^G^G"; sed -e 's/food/poop/';
> sync; sync; sleep 15; done
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