Re: [PLUG] hdparm problem

[Mental <mental@neverlight.com>]

On Mon, 2002-08-05 at 10:10, Arthur S. Alexion wrote:
> Following a recent thread, and reading the cited URLs, I added the 
> following lines to /etc/rc.d/rc.local
> 
> hdparm -c1 /dev/hde
> hdparm -d1 -X66 /dev/hde
> hdparm -m 16 /dev/hde

Try removing the -X66. You shouldnt need it. Its also documented as
risky. Speaking from experience. I inadvertently trashed a drive. THe
drive should default to the fastest ide transfer mode that the drive
supports. At any rate, if you insist on using -X set the pio mode with
-p first. 

Doing this is not worth the risk to data. See the hdparm man page for
details. 

I use the following settings:
-u1 -c3 -d1 -m16 

Do not simply copy them. The -u can break things too. Test on a readonly
filesystem or backup all data first.
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