Re: [gentoo-user] Very bad system response

[Michael Schreckenbauer <grimlog@gmx.de>]

Hi,

Am Mittwoch, 7. Februar 2007 12:35 schrieb Benno Schulenberg:
> Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote:
> > hdparm /dev/hda
> >
> > /dev/hda:
> >  multcount    = 16 (on)
> >  IO_support   =  1 (32-bit)
> >  unmaskirq    =  1 (on)
> >  using_dma    =  1 (on)
> >  keepsettings =  0 (off)
> >  readonly     =  0 (off)
> >  readahead    = 256 (on)
> >  geometry     = 16383/255/63, sectors = 234493056, start = 0
>
> Maybe set readahead to a smaller value?  Something like 8 or 16?
>
> At least that's what http://linuxgazette.net/issue79/punk.html
> advises.  If you have specific reasons for the higher value, then
> please elaborate.

I believe there is a misunderstanding here. I am the one with the problem not 
Volker :)
Unfortunately I'm not in front of the affected machine right now, but I'm 
quite shure I use the defaults as I never tuned the discs with hdparm

> Benno

Thanks,
Michael
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