Here's a nice O'Reilly article: http://linux.oreillynet.com/lpt/a/linux/2000/06/29/hdparm.html On Thu, 04 Dec 2003, Eric Stanley wrote: > Ian, > > Could you please send us the URL for that page. I'm having some problems that > I believe may be related to disk performance. Once in a while, my system > will freeze. The thing that always happens when it thaws is that the disk > light goes one. > > Thanks, > > Eric > > On Thursday 04 December 2003 12:21, Ian Stoner wrote: > <snip> > > > > That nailed it! Thanks, Nate. I had never heard of hdparm--I found a > > webpage that recommended some likely safe settings, tried them, and got > > a more than 5-fold increase in buffered disc reads. I've included the > > output of the commands I ran, in case anyone cares. Maybe I'm the only > > one who's never heard of hdparm? If anyone knows of any other > > parameters I should pay attention to, please advise. > > > > Thanks again! _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list