Re: [gentoo-user] Very bad system response

["Hemmann, Volker Armin" <volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de>]

On Mittwoch, 7. Februar 2007, Michael Schreckenbauer wrote:
> 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.

it is a default setting I never touched?
Aside from 'IO_support' everything is default.

Oh, and I tried different io-scheds without any success.

>
> I believe there is a misunderstanding here. I am the one with the problem
> not Volker :)

we have both similar problems ;)
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