Ashwin D saw fit to inform me that:
>On Monday 09 April 2001 12:11, you wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 11:14:07AM +0530, Kingsly John wrote:
>> >On Mon, 9 Apr 2001, Ashwin D wrote:
>> > |If u are game try hdparm -X68 /dev/hda. Thatr should put it in udma 66
>> > | mode.
>> >
>> >it's not recommended to force a hdd into UDMA 66 mode.
>> >
>> >and in any case hdparm -i says his hdd is in UDMA 66 mode.
>>
>Okey. To make sure try: cat /proc/ide/ide0/hda/settings
>
>see if the value for init_speed is maxed out. thats the same as udma
>this is a much more easier display to see if your settings are optimal.
Here is the output :
debian:/proc/ide/ide0/hda# cat /proc/ide/ide0/hda/settings
name value min max
mode
---- ----- --- ---
bios_cyl 2096 0 65535 rw
bios_head 255 0 255 rw
bios_sect 63 0 63 rw
breada_readahead 4 0 127 rw
bswap 0 0 1 r
current_speed 0 0 69 rw
file_readahead 0 0 2097151 rw
ide_scsi 0 0 1 rw
init_speed 0 0 69 rw
io_32bit 1 0 3 rw
keepsettings 0 0 1 rw
lun 0 0 7 rw
max_kb_per_request 127 1 127 rw
multcount 0 0 16 rw
nice1 1 0 1 rw
nowerr 0 0 1 rw
number 0 0 3 rw
pio_mode write-only 0 255 w
slow 0 0 1 rw
unmaskirq 0 0 1 rw
using_dma 1 0 1 rw
Regards
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