On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 03:22:13PM -0500, linuxmedia4@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > And yet the output of "hdparm -i /dev/hda" lists" [snip] > PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 > DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 > UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 Coming into this thread late.... This output gives the best modes possible with a given controller/drive combo. Since your post explicitly shows the controller is capable of udma5, I'm guess your drive maxes out at udma2 (ATA33). > There's not even a listing for udma5. > Since I keep reading all these warnings > about not trying settings that aren't supported, > should I try udma5? Probably not - you probably wouldn't loose data; your box would most likely just refuse to set the mode. If it did though, you'd probably hose the disk. -- Ross Vandegrift ross@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx A Pope has a Water Cannon. It is a Water Cannon. He fires Holy-Water from it. It is a Holy-Water Cannon. He Blesses it. It is a Holy Holy-Water Cannon. He Blesses the Hell out of it. It is a Wholly Holy Holy-Water Cannon. He has it pierced. It is a Holey Wholly Holy Holy-Water Cannon. He makes it official. It is a Canon Holey Wholly Holy Holy-Water Cannon. Batman and Robin arrive. He shoots them.