[KLUG Hardware] Toshiba 1135-S155 Was "HP ze4220"

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> > > Order you new BSware for next week, now!  ;-)
> > Yeah!  It works.
> Cool!

Yep, compiling stuff now no longer whacks out audio playback.  A plus.

> > BTW,  "ide: Assuming 66MHz system bus speed for PIO modes" in dmesg.
> > Is that the max speed,  don't some do 100MHz now?  Can I add idebuss=100
> > in grub.conf and get even more vrooooom?  This hard drive needs ALL the
> > help it can get;  one thing I miss is that snappy SCSI feel.
> I don't know.  
> Feel free to try it and report back.  I'm not that brave.  :-)

It just defaults back to 33 and snarls out a warning that idebus must be
between 20 and 66.  Okay, set back to 66.

> I doubt it'll help much.  Most notebook drives are only 4200 RPM
> (a few are 5400 RPM), and changing the buss speed (or anything else)
> won't overcome that limitation.

Yep, a little different design mentality that a striped cage of 10k
UW-SCSI drives.  I'd need a dolly to lug that around.

> FWIW, my old Sony laptop had a 5400 RPM drive.  My new Toshiba has a
> 4200 RPM drive.  I'm not sure about the speed difference, but another
> BIG difference I noticed is the 4200 RPM drive produces a LOT LESS HEAT
> (and probably lower battery usage), so it's not all bad ...

Yea, my power brick may have a greater BTU rating than I do.