[expert] Hdparm problem

2003-10-22 Thread Rob Blomquist
I am trying to optimize my new drive, and I attempted to set its UDMA mode last night: # hdparm -X70 /dev/hdd /dev/hdd: setting xfermode to 70 (UltraDMA mode6) HDIO_DRIVE_CMD(setxfermode) failed: Input/output error The drive is ATA 133 and I believe UDMA mode6, consequently. Any ideas on

Re: [expert] Hdparm problem

2003-10-22 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Wednesday 22 October 2003 12:55 pm, Rob Blomquist wrote: I am trying to optimize my new drive, and I attempted to set its UDMA mode last night: UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 *udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 udma6 AdvancedPM=yes: disabled (255) WriteCache=enabled Drive conforms to: (null): *

Re: [expert] Hdparm problem

2003-10-22 Thread Greg Meyer
On Wednesday 22 October 2003 01:14 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Wednesday 22 October 2003 12:55 pm, Rob Blomquist wrote: I am trying to optimize my new drive, and I attempted to set its UDMA mode last night: UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 *udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 udma6 AdvancedPM=yes:

Re: [expert] Hdparm problem

2003-10-22 Thread Ray Warren
On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 09:55:09AM -0700, Rob Blomquist wrote: I am trying to optimize my new drive, and I attempted to set its UDMA mode last night: # hdparm -X70 /dev/hdd /dev/hdd: setting xfermode to 70 (UltraDMA mode6) HDIO_DRIVE_CMD(setxfermode) failed: Input/output error The