thanks! I will try it. :) On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 11:51:27PM -0700, Amit D Chaudhary wrote: > 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/ > > > > -- regards, ZM -- A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep. -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
