[PlanetCCRMA] sata disk performance

[Joe Miklojcik]

I'm trying to run Planet CCRMA FC4 on a new dell precision m70 laptop. I
think the hard disk is slow, and hdparm isn't helping.  Here is some
command output. Any help would be a wonder.

bash> sudo hdparm /dev/sda

/dev/sda:
 IO_support   =  0 (default 16-bit)
 readonly     =  0 (off)
 readahead    = 256 (on)
 geometry     = 9729/255/63, sectors = 80026361856, start = 0
(Mon Sep 19 00:22:22)
bash> sudo hdparm -c 3 /dev/sda

/dev/sda:
 setting 32-bit IO_support flag to 3
 HDIO_SET_32BIT failed: Invalid argument
 IO_support   =  0 (default 16-bit)
(Mon Sep 19 00:23:04)


lspci -vv edited down to the controller:
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) SATA
Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 80 [Master])
        Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 0187
        Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 0
        Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 7
        Region 0: I/O ports at <ignored>
        Region 1: I/O ports at <ignored>
        Region 2: I/O ports at <ignored>
        Region 3: I/O ports at <ignored>
        Region 4: I/O ports at bfa0 [size=16]
        Capabilities: <available only to root>