From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1GoVsZ-0000Xu-Ia for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 27 Nov 2006 02:05:56 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id kAR23hOk017445; Mon, 27 Nov 2006 02:03:43 GMT Received: from alnrmhc13.comcast.net (alnrmhc13.comcast.net [204.127.225.93]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kAR21ir3000065 for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2006 02:01:45 GMT Received: from [127.0.0.1] (c-68-61-57-176.hsd1.mi.comcast.net[68.61.57.176]) by comcast.net (alnrmhc13) with ESMTP id <20061127020143b130006phee>; Mon, 27 Nov 2006 02:01:43 +0000 Message-ID: <456A4704.9010202@comcast.net> Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2006 21:01:40 -0500 From: Chris Walters User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (Windows/20061025) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Hard Disk going a lot slower now... References: <4569A5ED.5000301@comcast.net> <200611261747.29181.mailing_list@planet.nl> In-Reply-To: <200611261747.29181.mailing_list@planet.nl> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.1.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 0650-2, 11/23/2006), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Not-Tested X-Archives-Salt: 84045200-453e-4c85-aaf9-aeb2a9bd90b7 X-Archives-Hash: 8c3a8897dda11c90deea4c99730fd48c -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Hi Aniruddha, The output of: # hdparm -d /dev/sda (I assume you meant my hard drive - /dev/hda is my DVD RW drive) is just the location of the drive, as follows: /dev/sda: Oh and thanks for the link, I will read it when I get a chance. Regards, Chris Aniruddha wrote: > What is the output of: > > # hdparm -d /dev/hda > > Please check here for more tips and info: > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Use_hdparm_to_improve_IDE_device_performance > > grtz, > > Aniruddha -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iD8DBQFFakcBUx1jS/ORyCsRCI/8AJ9aYUeIbm9lNMKsbqy3QJBbjv8HQQCfSgsG NvRUS7J/htdnMcHETaW5vpw= =fz6C -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list