Re: testing disk "speed" with hdparm -t

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Joachim Backes wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm running F11. My box has 2 identical IDE disks (123 GB ATA Maxtor 
> 6Y120L0), /dev/sda and /dev/sdb. F11 is installed on /dev/sdb7.

> hdparm -i /dev/sda /dev/sdb
<snip>

> Testing the speed of /dev/sdb with "hdparm -t /dev/sdb" shows constantly 
> 56 MB/s:
<snip>
> But testing /dev/sda with "hdparm -t /dev/sda" shows extremly variable 
> values:


not a valid reading condition.

boot install cd/dvd in rescue mode, no mount,
or boot a live cd/dvd to level 3.

run test from simple boot with no other activity on drives.

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