[MPlayer-users] hdparm question

[justin case]

> use-dma (d1),

ALWAYS use it!

> multiple-io (m),
> unmask-irq (u),
> udma2 (d,X66)..

you can open up a second console ant use /tail -f /var/log/messages .
that gives you an updated output of these and tells you when a setting
is to high immediately. now it is rather safe to play around with the
switches. as a rule of thumb i would suggest to rise every value as far
as you can, since it speeds up performance by lowering cpu-usage.

and of course use it for harddrives!!!
...and with cdroms of course there is no way to harm your data ;)

there are quite some usefull tutorials on hdparm if you have a look over
at google. don't you use it? heres one i didn't fully read but the
source is usually a good one...
http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2000/06/29/hdparm.html

have fun!

/jc