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Re: Disk drive.

To: <linux-delhi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Disk drive.
From: "Ambar Roy" <ambarroy@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 11:46:08 +0530
References: <20000913221424.16676.qmail@web6402.mail.yahoo.com>

> I am using a  (ATA) Quantum LM Plus Hard drive(30GB)
> in my system and it is configured as a slave.
> It is manufactured so as to use both UDMA and also the
> PIO methods for data transfer.
> Is there anyway that I can know which method it is
> using? or how can I configure this device to use only
> UDMA method!!
try running hdparm /dev/hda (or whatever yr hdd is) it will show you wether
your hdd is running in dma mode!! and do a man hdparm to get a list of all
the things that u can do with this program!

Bye,
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- Disk drive.
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