Thank you very much Woods.
On Fri, 25 Jan 2002, J. Craig Woods wrote:
> At 09:54 AM 1/25/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>
> >About Tiger IDE controller: if I see in 'dmesg' output UDMA(100), does it
> >really mean my system is working at it? Or is there any other way to be
> >quite sure that my 7200 rpm ATA 100 HD is working as expected?
> >
> >I've been heard about AMD chipset issues (AGP, IDE controller, etc). I
> >hope to have a 'treasure map' with the help of you all guys :) before
> >getting a Tyan mobo.
>
> Not sure what you are looking for but you can try a couple of simple tests:
>
> run 'hdparm /dev/hdx" (x = hard drive)
> run "'hdparm -i /dev/hdx"
> This should tell you if DMA is turned on, and what mode you are using, i.e.
> UDMA4 or UDMA5.
> run "hdparm -tT /dev/hdx"
> This should give you some speed ranges of your drive.
>
>
> J. Craig Woods
> UNIX/NT System Administrator
> -Art is the illusion of spontaneity-
>
>
>
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