use hdparm somewhere in your startup boot script
/sbin/hdparm -m16 -c1 /dev/hda
-c1 will set /dev/hda for 32 bit mode and -m16 will specify multiple
sector transfer. See the man pages for details and be careful with this
one. Misuse can cause severe problems. You can test transfer rates
before and after the changes with /sbin/hdparm -t /dev/hda
Reiserfs is a file system organization not a drive type. The parameters
set by hdparm are un-related to what file system is used within a
particular partition of a drive.
As for me, it's hard to guage the relative stability of one file system
over another when the OS never crashes with either. Which is more
accurate -- gun A that never misses or gun B that never misses?
Ed.
patrick wrote:
>
> any ideas on how set the hard drives in linux to 32 bit mode.
> also i want to mention that i reinstalled my mandrake a couple of
> days ago and switched to reiserts drives and my system seems
> to be even more stable than before. does the drive type make
> any difference or is it just me :)
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