[KLUG Members] Disk partition

[Jamie McCarthy]

b.j.smith@ieee.org (Bryan-TheBS-Smith) writes:

> Most 8GB+ HDs can usually be optimized with:
>    hdparm -A1 -a8 -c3 -d1 -m16 -u1 /dev/hdX
> 
> Additionally, you'll want to added an "-X" parameter for the maximum
> speed of your disk controller and drive (whichever is lower):
>    -X66   UltraDMA mode 2 (33MBps)
>    -X68   UltraDMA mode 4 (66MBps)
>    -X69   UltraDMA mode 5 (100MBps)

Hmmm, mojo I don't really understand.  I'm using this on my server
now:

hdparm -c3 -d1 -m16 -u1 /dev/hdX

but from my reading of the manpage, -A1 is default, -a8 is default,
and -Xwhatever is "seldom necessary" and "can be both needless and
risky"...

Anyway I got my info from here...

http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2000/06/29/hdparm.html
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 Jamie McCarthy
 jamie@mccarthy.vg