🚀 go-pugleaf

On Sat, 19 Jun 1999 12:01:27 +1000, Keith McGaughran 
<duenorth@rivernet.com.au> wrote:
>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
>
>
>

/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc.local

is a good place to start with

Glenn