Messages in this thread | | | From | James Finnie <> | Subject | RE: VIA IDE performance under 2.6.0-test7/8? | Date | Tue, 21 Oct 2003 16:11:00 +0100 |
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> Does 'hdparm -a 512 /dev/hd?' help? > --bartlomiej
Indeed it does, and -a 1024 is even better, but why the change? Under 2.4.21, I only have a readahead value of 8 set, in fact hdparm barfs if you try to set anything above 255!
Any ideas?
James.
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