Alan Smith wrote:
> I installed a Mandrake 7.2 box as one of our e-mail gateways. It is an
> old desktop machine but is more than enough for the job. When I
> installed it though, I chose to use the hard drive optimisation (this
> is right near the start, just after you choose custom or expert or
> whatever). What can I change to remove this setting??
Edit your /etc/lilo.conf and comment out the lines that read:
append=" ide1=autotune ide0=autotune"
Run /sbin/lilo and all should be well from your next boot.
However there's a good chance the source of your problem is elsewhere.
Try the command 'hdparm -d0 -c0 -m4 /dev/hda'. That should safely get
you respectable performance. You can throw that command into your
/etc/rc.d/rc.local
Paul.
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