increase hd speed

saavik · 07-23-2003, 08:50 AM

Hello !

I just have a problem with my hd speed!

It is not even possible to start a movie from /hda hdparm says:

hdparm -t /dev/hda

/dev/hda:
Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 1.73 seconds = 36.99 MB/sec

hdparm -v /dev/hda

/dev/hda:
multcount = 16 (on)
IO_support = 1 (32-bit)
unmaskirq = 0 (off)
using_dma = 1 (on)
keepsettings = 0 (off)
readonly = 0 (off)
readahead = 8 (on)
geometry = 5005/255/63, sectors = 80418240, start = 0

So i don`t think it`s because the hardware.
Does anybody have an idea ?

neenee · 07-23-2003, 09:06 AM

please search these forums for 'hdparm'; you will find
quite some threads about increase the performance
of your hard drive. good luck. (though that time
buffered speed you show there is not bad at all).

vladkrack · 07-23-2003, 09:19 AM

The speed indicated by hdparm should me more than enough to play a movie. You could consider use bechmark tools to see if this result is real, using postmark, iozone, or another tool...

crashmeister · 07-23-2003, 10:54 AM

You might want to post what player you use for the movie and what error messages you are getting or what the problem is.