AW: big Problem with FC 4 and SATA (hdparm error)

[Mogens Kjaer]

Sebastian Kösters wrote:
...
> Fedora Core release 3 (Heidelberg)
> Kernel \r on an \m
> 
> /dev/sda:
>  Timing cached reads:   4048 MB in  2.00 seconds = 2026.33 MB/sec
>  Timing buffered disk reads:  164 MB in  3.01 seconds =  54.57 MB/sec
...
>>/dev/sda:
>> Timing cached reads:   1944 MB in  2.00 seconds = 971.94 MB/sec
>>HDIO_DRIVE_CMD(null) (wait for flush complete) failed: Inappropriate ioctl
>>for device
>> Timing buffered disk reads:  170 MB in  3.01 seconds =  56.51 MB/sec
>>HDIO_DRIVE_CMD(null) (wait for flush complete) failed: Inappropriate ioctl
>>for device

Actually, the disk is (a little) faster in FC4 (56.51 MB/s) than
in FC3 (54.57 MB/s).

Mogens

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