Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: darren kirby <bulliver@×××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-security] AMD64 + Hard Drive weirdness...
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 18:55:06
Message-Id: 200602161041.22597.bulliver@badcomputer.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-security] AMD64 + Hard Drive weirdness... by Jeff
1 quoth the Jeff:
2 >
3 > See here:
4 >
5 > hdparm -tT /dev/hda
6 >
7 > /dev/hda:
8 > Timing cached reads: 3016 MB in 2.00 seconds = 1507.91 MB/sec
9 > Timing buffered disk reads: 4 MB in 3.68 seconds = 1.09 MB/sec
10 >
11 > Horribly slow! This machine should be blazing fast, with the 7200 rpm
12 > 200 GB hard drive, AMD64 3500+ processor, 1.5 MB RAM, and very modern
13 > motherboard to compliment.
14 >
15 Can we see output of "hdparm -i /dev/hda". I am trying to saee if you have
16 DMA enabled. Your timings are horribly slow.
17
18 Do you have CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATIIXP enabled in your kernel?
19
20 -d
21 --
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23 "...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..."
24 - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972