Forgive me if this is the wrong place to enter this; I was told that it was the preferred place. The URL (above) points to a gzip file with a couple of startup scripts I wrote and would like to contribute. The script reads in a config file (and specified generic templates), and sets: 1. the relevant /proc kernel settings 2. hdparm parameters for mounted drives 3. the mtrr (on Pentium II, etc, systems) to help improve video performance. This resets the various performance settings (and other tunable kernel parameters) when the system boots, so that the user does not have to create a custom script. The templates are meant to help simplify the users life: forexample, the "fileserver" template automagically configures the settings relevant to fileservers. Templates could be created for recommended, benchmark settings. All the best, Randy Maas randym
Apologies for the late reply. In 6.2 and later, there is /etc/sysctl.conf for tuning kernel parameters. In the 7.0beta and later, there is /etc/sysconfig/harddisks for turning stuff with hdparm. Plus, XFree4 automatically sets up mtrrs. Hence, most of this is implemented as of the 7.0 betas.