hdparm help

I use in lilo.conf an append line :
apend="reboot=warm ide0=dma ide1=dma"
Think DMA will be default with 2.4. With 2.2 it tells the IDE driver to set DMA, it doesn't use multi-sector transfers though.

To use hdparm, try 'hdparm -d 1 -m 8'. You might also like to turn on 32 bit commands (perhaps -c cannot remember).
Anyway benchmarking with hdparm -t and -T showed that the append line is 90% of everything, perhaps multi-sector transfers reduce interrupts, but it doesn't seem to speed transfers on any of the mobo's I've tried.

Maybe i was not specific enough in my first post about my problem. First of all i have READ ALL THE HOW-To's on hdparm. I have also used my same drives with it enabled on my previuos motherboard. What i am having trouble with is the Via controler. My old controler was a Promise U66 that came with my Bxmaster MB. My current MB is the KT7 and noticed that i am not getting the full benefit of my drive.
by doing a hdparm -Tt i can see that the tranfer rate is lower then what is was with the promise controler. I have done hdparm -i and noticed that the controler is set to UDMA2 mode.

When i try to force it any higher my drives start to output trash to my tty's

Anyway if you have had a similar prob and have solved it in anywa please let me know

Thanks

Rop