[ale] hdparm

[Scott Nolde]

I use it to set UDMA on.  The defualt is off.  There is/was a HOWTO on
hard drives which can explain quite a bit.  Also look at the man pages. 
One neat thing is to use hdparm to set the timeout for a drive.  This is
essentially a powersaver.

- Scott

Courtney Thomas wrote:
> 
> Greetings !
> 
> I'd appreciate hearing from anyone using "hdparm".
> 
> How do you use it with an ide drive ?
> 
> What params ?
> 
> How do you know it it's OK to use it ?
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> What are the caveats ?
> 
> Thanks once more,
> 
> Courtney            <-ccthomas at access1.net