StormLinux and Kmix and hdparm

[JG]

This is a simple question with hopefully a simple answer.

I'm using StormLinux 2000 (v2.0.6) and have almost set it up to my liking.

But, the thing that is bugging me is kmix - specifically how to make the volume settings "stick" after a re-boot?

While I'm here I may as well ask for views on this - hdparm - after setting up hdparm to -c1 -d1 for all my HDDs I test it and the HDD specs increase from about 3-4 to 22 MB/sec. Quite an increase! But, there is no real noticeable "increase" in the speed of the OS - for example opening up /usr/bin of /dev takes several seconds under both hdparm settings and without the HDD tweaks.

Am I expecting too much from the hdparm "tweaking" in terms of system performance?

Thanks

JG

[Keyser Soze]

No you are not expecting too much. Try to load/use a disk intensive app. Opening directories does not show much difference.

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[jae1677]

Try opening kmix, click file, save current settings as defaults.

http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/biggrin.gif

[JG]

Jae1677

Thanks, but there is no such creature as File->Save in Kmix under Storm Linux - it runs Kde1.1.2.

JG

[RageAHolic]

That turns on DMA and 32-bit I/O...while data transfer will speed up...isn't "speed" more visibly affected by more RAM and/or a faster CPU?

I can use hdparm to tweak my P100 w/ 40MB of RAM and it's just as slow using KDE or Netscape.

So, does turning on DMA/32-bit I/O make a difference if the CPU/RAM are on the lower end of the scale?

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[ColdPack]

Originally posted by JG:
Jae1677

Thanks, but there is no such creature as File->Save in Kmix under Storm Linux - it runs Kde1.1.2.

JG

For the record... kmix is a kde app so if there doesn't seem to be a File->Save in the program, it's not a storm thing, it's a kmix/kde thing.
By the way, have tried "apt-get update" then "apt-get install kdebase"? KDE2 is pretty nice if you already like the orig kde.


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[This message has been edited by ColdPack (edited 11 December 2000).]