====== Tuning Hard Drives ======

If you never heard of 'hdparm', read [[http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2000/06/29/hdparm.html?page=1|this]].

If you know hdparm, but need to look up the options, read the man page or
[[http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2000/06/29/hdparm.html?page=1|the page linked above.]]

If you want to have a preview, my speedup was from 3.4 MB/sek to 27.14  MB/sek. No joke - no cost. Just a
  hdparm -X66 -d1 -u1 -m16 -c3  /dev/hda

Try it out!