Re: Problems with an SiS 7018 and moderate - heavy system load

Try this:
hdparm -m16 -c1 -u1 -d1 -k1 /dev/hda
(Assuming your HD is /dev/hda)

dmesg tells you DMA is supported, not necesarily in use.

Cheers,
Juan

Christopher Nehren wrote:
>>Are you sure that your harddisk uses DMA?  It might also help slightly to
>>increase the buffer size in the output plugin.
> 
> 
> I grepped my dmesg for DMA and my drive does seem to be using it.
> Nothing about PIO mode. So no help there. On the upside, though, I
> maxxed my buffers and the problem is pretty much 100% resolved... it
> even went through the first stage of bonnie++ without a problem. Thanks.
> =)


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