On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 07:30:34PM +0200, Juri Haberland wrote: > Well, this would mean to recompile the kernel, which shouldn't be > necessary IMO. > > Usually the following line gives me maximum performance: > > hdparm -d1 -c3 -m16 -u1 -a64 -A1 (and possibly -W1, but it could be > dangerous especially wiht journalled FS). What about the hdparm -X parameters for Ultra-DMA setup? My understanding is that the DMA-chipset specific codes would set these correctly if necessary, but I'm not sure I'd want to mess with them myself. (Again, this is why outside my area of expertise; all of the Linux developers who spends too much time working in the IDE space seems to go insane, and I want to avoid that outcome. :-) - Ted _______________________________________________ Ext3-users@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users