Thanks Duane! It's working properly now although I don't use the rc.local to run hdparm. Still I have to check if rc.local is executed or not at bootup. /Morsal ----- Original Message ----- From: "Duane Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2000 6:52 PM Subject: Re: UDMA > Morsal wrote: > > Hi, > > How do i set UDMA settings permanent in RH 6.2? > > > > I've tried to add it to the rc.local file but still it doesn't enable UDMA > > at startup. Please give me a detailed answer to this question. > > > > /Morsal > > You should probably investigate why commands in rc.local are not > working. Make sure the file is executable, and perhaps put some echo > commands in it to echo comments: > > echo "Tweaking hardisks" > hdparm -c 1 -d 1 -k 1 /dev/hda > hdparm -c 1 -d 1 -k 1 /dev/hdb > sleep 3 > > Both the echo command and the hdparm commands (or whatever commands you > are using for UDMA) should print a message to your screen a boot. The > "sleep 3" gives you a chance to actually read them. > > > -- > To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" > as the Subject. > > -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.