hi all, I have recently been asking about how to get the hard disk perforamce back up when using an unrecognised mainboard like the KT266A, (this is on Mdk 7.2)
I was only getting 3.5 mb/sec with the default settings.. since drakopt doesn't work on 7.2 (needs a 2.4 kernel) I tried using hdparm manually, enabled DMA and 32bit and got the following results.. Buffer cache: 261.22 MB/sec Buffered: 38.10 MB/sec so its as fast as it was before again, except now it has a newer board, and upgraded from a 1.4 Athlon, to a athlonXP1800+ much nicer,, will be interesting to see if I can get 8.1 to install on it,, I may have to put the hard disk on another PC, install linux and then swap it back,, that remains to be seen... rgds Frank
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
