[lug] RH Linux download + hdparm

Greg Horne jeerygh at hotmail.com
Fri Oct 19 16:05:25 MDT 2001


I saw that and did that.  Thanks!

Greg

>From: Calvin Dodge <caldodge at fpcc.net>
>Reply-To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
>To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
>Subject: Re: [lug] RH Linux download + hdparm
>Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 15:28:46 -0600
>
>On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 09:14:36PM +0000, Greg Horne wrote:
> > I'm running Red Hat 7.0 with kernel 2.2.16-22, so do I set the option in
> > /etc/rc.d/rc.local?
>
>Does the file "/etc/sysconfig/harddisks" exist?
>
>If so - edit it, and uncomment (remove the "#" sign) the line "#USE_DMA=1".
>
>On the next reboot, the init script _should_ enable DMA on the controller.
>
>If the file does NOT exist, do:
>
>echo '/sbin/hdparm -d 1 /dev/hda' >> /etc/rc.d/rc.local
>
>Note the '>>' - you want to append the hdparm command, rather than wiping 
>out rc.local.
>
>Calvin
>
>--
>Calvin Dodge
>Certified Linux Bigot (tm)
>http://www.caldodge.fpcc.net
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