Re: Samsung 320GB transfer problem

ziemo1@xxxxx wrote:

Hello

We (me + friend) are running Slackware 11 box as web server and file
storage.
MB: msi k9mm-v (VIA K8M800 and VT8237R Plus Chipset)
CPU Sempron 2800+ AM2
RAM 512MB
HDDs samsung sv4012H 40gb (root partition), samsung HD320LD 320gb
(one partition in /mnt/lin2)

Problem:
Slow transfer rates with samsung HD320LD (1 to 3 MB/s).

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Anyone has an idea, what can I do to get NORMAL (~30MB/s) transfer
rates?

Hi

So what does:

hdparm /dev/hdb

say? - In particular is using_dma set to "1"
If not, try hdparm -d 1 /dev/hdb

Cheers

Tim
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