https://www.thinkwiki.org/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Arkem 2026-05-22T03:27:29Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.31.12 https://www.thinkwiki.org/w/index.php?title=How_to_improve_harddisk_performance&diff=36803 2008-03-02T23:19:32Z

<p>Arkem: /* Successfully tested Thinkpad models */</p> <hr /> <div>== Description ==<br /> This tweak can increase the performance of your HDD by enabling DMA, IDE 32-bit I/O and setting the interrupt-unmask flag, which improves Linux's responsiveness. The last parameter sets the IDE Block Mode to fetch 16 blocks per I/O interrupt. Depending on your drive this value may vary (have a look into the man page of hdparm).<br /> <br /> '''Caution:''' On some hard disks these settings may corrupt the filesystem! Again, have a look into the man page of hdparm to find out if your model is affected.<br /> <br /> On most systems the specified device is just fine, but change it when necessary (on Ubuntu it's /dev/sda).<br /> <br /> &lt;pre&gt;<br /> hdparm -d1c1u1m16 /dev/hda<br /> &lt;/pre&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> == Successfully tested Thinkpad models ==<br /> The settings above have been successfully tested on the following models:<br /> <br /> T20, T22, T23, T40<br /> <br /> Please add your model if missing.</div>

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