On RH5, I can tell what I/O scheduler I'm using: $ uname -a Linux thehostname 2.6.18-92.1.13.el5 #1 SMP Thu Sep 4 03:51:21 EDT 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ cat /etc/redhat-release Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.2 (Tikanga) $ cd /sys/block/sda/queue $ ls -l total 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Nov 26 13:43 iosched -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Jan 12 23:12 max_hw_sectors_kb -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Jan 12 23:12 max_sectors_kb -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Jan 12 23:12 nr_requests -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Jan 12 23:12 read_ahead_kb -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Jan 12 23:12 scheduler $ cat scheduler noop anticipatory deadline [cfq] So I'm using CFQ. But on RH4, there's no /sys/block/sda/queue/scheduler: $ uname -a Linux hostname 2.6.9-55.ELsmp #1 SMP Fri Apr 20 16:36:54 EDT 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ cat /etc/redhat-release Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4 (Nahant Update 7) $ ls -l /sys/block/sda/queue total 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Jan 13 11:03 iosched -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Jan 13 11:02 max_hw_sectors_kb -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Jan 13 11:02 max_sectors_kb -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Jan 13 11:02 nr_requests -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Jan 13 11:02 read_ahead_kb I checked grub.conf. Neither box has an entry for I/O scheduler. Yong Huang -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list