# HG changeset patch
# User gabucino
# Date 1040333730 0
# Node ID 2222dd8d8b1844bd014d7b9d60527b981b43c9d7
# Parent  a23489e72ef0be0a38ed982cf38563ecbfc6cb47
too big readahead can be bad

diff -r a23489e72ef0 -r 2222dd8d8b18 DOCS/cd-dvd.html
--- a/DOCS/cd-dvd.html	Thu Dec 19 12:01:50 2002 +0000
+++ b/DOCS/cd-dvd.html	Thu Dec 19 21:35:30 2002 +0000
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
 <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>echo file_readahead:2000000 &gt; /proc/ide/[cdrom device]/settings</CODE></P>
 
 <P>This sets prefetched file reading to 2MB, which helps with scratched CD-ROMs.
+  If you set it to too high, the drive will continuously spin up and down, and
+  will dramatically decrease the performance.
   It is recommended that you also tune your CD-ROM drive with hdparm:</P>
 
 <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>hdparm -d1 -a8 -u1 (cdrom device)</CODE></P>