> > i am using disk sda in example. > > hdparm /dev/sda > > will list present settings. > > hdparm -d1 /dev/sda > > will set disk to dma mode > > htparm -tT /dev/sda > > will let you test the disk performance . if you want to save settings > then > > hdparm -d1 -k1 /dev/sda > > i hope this will do. > > > irfan
Thanks Irfan! But what I want to know is that from the following lines (output of hdparm), can I draw the conclusion that the harddisk is already in dma mode? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DMA: sdma0 sdma1 sdma2 mdma0 mdma1 *mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 Cycle time: no flow control=120ns IORDY flow control=120ns ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks, Kapil -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: ([email protected]) List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
