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Re: [TCLUG:14077] IDE tweaking for Linux



Not sure if this will help you or not. I got about 40% increase
in performance from this info.

http://tunelinux.com/bin/page?hardware/ide/

Regards

					- Karl

On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, Eric M. Hopper wrote:

> 	I seem to recall somewhere that someone said the default way
> Linux handles IDE drives is fairly sub-optimal for most modern IDE
> drives.
> 
> 	How do I tweak the kernel to start using some of the more
> advanced features of IDE such as bus mastering DMA?
> 
> Thanks,
>