🚀 go-pugleaf

Hi all

system
redhat 6.0
cpu    ibm 686 MII pr300
hda     seagate medalist 6.5gig
motherboard   EPoX    EP-MVP3G-M
ram  64meg

I have read the man hdparm and have used it to set  32-bit I/O and
using_dma  modes which has made the following improvements to disk
performance

keith]# /sbin/hdparm -t /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
 Timing buffered disk reads:  32 MB in  6.53 seconds = 4.90 MB/sec

keith]# /sbin/hdparm -c1 /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
 setting 32-bit I/O support flag to 1
 I/O support  =  1 (32-bit)

keith]# /sbin/hdparm -t /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
 Timing buffered disk reads:  32 MB in  4.60 seconds = 6.96 MB/sec

keith]# /sbin/hdparm -d1 /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
 setting using_dma to 1 (on)
 using_dma    =  1 (on)

keith]# /sbin/hdparm -t /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
 Timing buffered disk reads:  32 MB in  3.68 seconds = 8.70 MB/sec

now the questions

I have tried the  -k  and  -K  flags to stop the kernel from resetting
at boot  but I think they are only for a soft reset ( the -K flag was
not supported by my drive) so what file do I have to edit to have these
set at boot and can I put all the flags in the one line (I need to boot
as it is duel boot and I still use win for games)

are the above numbers normal for this type of drive (udma 33) or are
there other things I can do to improve the performance

all help greatly appreciated
thanks in advance

Keith McGaughran