/etc/sysconfig/harddisks isn't read

Mads V. Pedersen rhl-list at volsted.com
Mon Sep 26 03:15:34 UTC 2005


Hi,

Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I use /etc/sysconfig/harddisks to tweak my laptop's HD parameters.  In
> previous RHL and Fedora distros, it's always worked, but I've recently
> discovered that in FC4, the parameters in /etc/sysconfig/harddisks are
> simply being ignored.
> 
> Here's what I have in the file (minus comments):
> 
> USE_DMA=1
> MULTIPLE_IO=16
> EIDE_32BIT=1
> LOOKAHEAD=1
> EXTRA_PARAMS='-u1'
> 
> I can use hdparm to change the same parameters (which works), but they
> don't survive reboots.  That's why I need the harddisks file.

You can put the hdparm line that works for you in /etc/rc.d/rc.local

HTH,

-- mads




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