hdparm -A 0 /dev/hda man hdparm for more information. Amit John Tyner wrote: > isn't this an option to the hdparm utility? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Zou Min" <zoum@comp.nus.edu.sg> > To: "Kernelnewbie ML" <kernelnewbies@nl.linux.org> > Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 8:15 PM > Subject: turning off readahead > > > >>Hi, >> >>I am wondering is there any fast way to disable the readahead >>(i.e. prefetching) pages/blocks from disk in 2.4.x kernel? >> >>Thanks! >> >>-- >>regards, >> >>ZM >> >>-- >>Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. >>Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ >>FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ >> > > > -- > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ > -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
