On November 22, 2000 06:24 pm, you wrote: > Just out of curiousity, and my apologies for eaves dropping :), when I run > hdparm -i /dev/hda, it diplays the possible modes. Now, I'm just > guessing, and please let me know if I'm right or wrong here, but the mode > with the asterisk beside it is the current mode in use correct? I love it when people eaves drop! :) Anyways, you're right. You will see a list of modes that your drive supports with the asterisk being beside its current mode when you do an hdparm -i. > Also, I have discovered that hdparm doesn't work on SCSI drives, is there > anything comparable for those? As far as I know, there isn't. I have heard of something called scsitools but I don't know if it will do what you want. SCSI disks are roughly as fast as an EIDE drive running in UDMA66 mode. The wonderful thing about SCSI is that it significantly reduces CPU load, making your system as a whole much faster. > Thanks for the tidbits, you may not think it much, but I've been steadily > jotting down all the little handy commands I've seen on here for the past > two weeks or so. I know what you mean. :) Keep it up - its a great way to learn. Good luck! -Chris
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