Subject: Re: Recent rumors about OpenBSD3.0 being faster than Linux & FreeBSD!
To: village idiot <village_ldi0t@yahoo.com>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 03/04/2002 20:08:14
On Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 04:18:36PM -0800, village idiot wrote:
> Can't you just use "hdparm" for instance, to make the
> disks run faster? At least for Linux, dunno about
> NetBSD. Maybe this is what they have done, sneaky. 
> 
> I think you could be able to improve speeds by 2 times
> by setting the right parameters for hdparm. Be aware
> of what you do though, if trying it, cause you could
> mess up completely.
> 
> I have never tried hdparm myself, but I have heard it
> is wicked. So I am thinking of trying it for NetBSD if
> it exists. Does anyone know? 

No hdparm for NetBSD. The kernel does it best to use the disk at max speed
already.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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