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too big readahead can be bad
author gabucino
date Thu, 19 Dec 2002 21:35:30 +0000
parents a23489e72ef0
children 27bc01774674
files DOCS/cd-dvd.html
diffstat 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- 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>