On Saturday 30 August 2003 11:31 am, L.V.Gandhi wrote: > On Saturday 30 Aug 2003 6:14 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Friday 29 Aug 2003 2:35 pm, L.V.Gandhi wrote: > > > In my /etc/sysconfig/harddisks in mdk91, all lines are commented > > > out. But [EMAIL PROTECTED] lvgandhi]# hdparm /dev/hda > > > > > > /dev/hda: > > > multcount = 16 (on) > > > IO_support = 0 (default 16-bit) > > > unmaskirq = 0 (off) > > > using_dma = 1 (on) > > > keepsettings = 0 (off) > > > readonly = 0 (off) > > > readahead = 8 (on) > > > geometry = 2434/255/63, sectors = 39102336, start = 0 > > > From where dma and other parameters are set? > > > > LV - I presume you know hdparm? If not, there's the man info with > > some useful comments on > > > > http://www.lydgate.org.uk/linux/hdparm.html > > May be I was not clear in my statement. I know to set the parameters using > hdparm. But I wanted to know how the default parameters are set when all > lines are commented out in /etc/sysconfig/harddisks in mdk91.
Have a look at /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit -- /g "Outside of a dog, a man's best friend is a book, inside a dog it's too dark to read" -Groucho Marx
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