Re: Raid 1 install revealed poor HD performance (I think)

[Jay Strauss <me@heyjay.com>]

Tobias Hofmann wrote:
> On 17.05.2005 22:54, Mike Hardy wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
>> That's fine-grained tuning mostly though, and not really on topic for
>> you as it appears you have something entirely different going on. What
>> exactly is going on, I must admit, I don't know. :-/
> 
> 
> <delurk>
> Well, let's find out then, no? ;)
> 
> Jay, you said it yourself - Knoppix seems to be setting something 
> different than Sarge. I am not very familiar with both, but doing a 
> lspci on both (just in case they "see" something different) and 
> comparing, like Gordon suggested, the output of dmesg | less (or a less 
> /var/log/dmesg) on both systems might give you an idea where things 
> start to go differently.
> 
> I would look for differences in the discovery of (the) 
> ide-controller(s), and how the HDs are discovered/treated.
> 
> For completeness' sake, the kernel version of each try could give the 
> experts an idea of differences I am not aware of.
> 
> I am sure to have forgotten something here, but for starters, it might 
> work.
> 
> Just my 2c, good luck, tobi... ;)

Ok :), when I get home I'll be doing everything everyone has asked

It's a drag booting knoppix on this machine, it takes forever

Jay