Kingsly John wrote:
> run the following command as root and mail the output.
>
> /sbin/hdparm /dev/hda
Thankx for the response. And yes, I'm playing the MP3 from the HDD and not
the CD drive.
I checked it out and heres output 1:
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# /sbin/hdparm /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
multcount = 0 (off)
I/O support = 0 (default 16-bit)
unmaskirq = 0 (off)
using_dma = 0 (off)
keepsettings = 0 (off)
nowerr = 0 (off)
readonly = 0 (off)
readahead = 8 (on)
geometry = 973/128/63, sectors = 7849170, start = 0
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A suggestion/correction. Run following commands and mail the output
# /sbin/hdparm -tT /dev/hda
# /sbin/hdparm -mcd /dev/hda
# /sbin/hdparm -i /dev/hda
Shridhar
Output 2:
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# /sbin/hdparm -tT /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 1.80 seconds = 71.11MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 22.58 seconds = 2.83 MB/sec
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Output 3:
# /sbin/hdparm -mcd /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
multcount = 0 (off)
I/O support = 0 (default 16-bit)
using_dma = 0 (off)
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Output 4:
# /sbin/hdparm -i /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
Model=QUANTUM Bigfoot TX4.0AT, FwRev=A04.0V00, SerialNo=614809416325
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
RawCHS=8306/15/63, TrkSize=32256, SectSize=512, ECCbytes=4
BuffType=3(DualPortCache), BuffSize=69kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=off
DblWordIO=no, OldPIO=2, DMA=yes, OldDMA=2
CurCHS=8306/15/63, CurSects=-992870281, LBA=yes, LBAsects=7849170
tDMA={min:120,rec:120}, DMA modes: sword0 sword1 sword2 mword0 mword1 mword2
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, PIO modes: mode3 mode4
UDMA modes: mode0 mode1 *mode2
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Thankx
Ajay Shankar
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Ajay Shankar
'Life is like that'
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