<quote who="Lyle Chapman"> > I posted a message a couple of weeks ago about sluggish HD performance > on a new computer - it is a 3ghz P4, Gigabyte MB, 1gb ram and 2 brand > new 80gb Seagate 7200rpm drives.
> Any ideas anybody as I do a lot of DV editing and it is really > defeating the purpose of purchasing a new ubeat go faster computer. What does: hdparm -dc /dev/hda (or whichever device you're using) say? - Jeff -- linux.conf.au 2004: Adelaide, Australia http://lca2004.linux.org.au/ "They cosset us with trappings to shut us up. That way when we say 'sharecropper!' you can point to my free suit and say 'Shut up pop star.'" - Courtney Love -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
