Quick question... I changed the IO_support setting for both of my disks but to get the setting to remain after a reboot you also need to run:
hdparm -k /dev/hdb (or whichever disk it is) As it won;t stay set by default Robin On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 23:12:14 -0700, John Patrick Poet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You also might try applying this DTV-ringbuffer patch: > > http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/dev/101580 > > to the latest CVS. > > John > > > Yan-Fa Li wrote: > > > Two problems appear obvious: > > > > 1. Your drive isn't quite set correctly, just mostly. > > > > Try adding: > > > > hdparm -c3 /dev/hdb > > > > You can also see if your chipset will tolerate > > > > hdparm -u1 /dev/hdb > > > > Not all of them will so you'll have to experiment to see if it causes > > problems. > > > > 2. move drive to master on /dev/hdc > > > > You want to move the drive off the same controller as /dev/hda. Slave > > drives have very poor performance on IDE. You want it to be either > > master on /dev/hdc or on a different PCI IDE card away from your > > DVD-ROM. I tend to share the DVD-ROM with the second drive because > > they are rarely active at the same time. > > > > john roberts wrote: > > > >> I'm running a CVS build from mid-Dec and I've noticed that every 15 > >> sec's on recorded content I get heavy pixel-ation (if that's a word). > >> > >> For a while I thought it was due to a weak station - but it does this > >> for all recordings. And the fact it does this EVERY 15 sec's makes > >> me think there is something odd going on. > >> > >> I was thinking it might be a DMA issue - but the drive seems to be > >> set correctly: > >> > >> htpc / # /sbin/hdparm -v /dev/hdb > >> > >> /dev/hdb: > >> multcount = 16 (on) > >> IO_support = 0 (default 16-bit) > >> unmaskirq = 0 (off) > >> using_dma = 1 (on) > >> keepsettings = 0 (off) > >> readonly = 0 (off) > >> readahead = 256 (on) > >> geometry = 19929/255/63, sectors = 163928604672, start = 0 > >> > >> My setup: > >> > >> - P4 3.2G > >> - Dec CVS build > >> - Gentoo > >> - HD2000 > >> - HD3000 > >> > >> Thanks! Could this be a Myth issue? > >> > >> -John > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > mythtv-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users >
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