Is there a program for SATA drives which reveals the depth of information that "hdparm -i" does for IDE drives? sdparm reveals almost nothing in comparison: # sdparm -i /dev/sda /dev/sda: ATA WDC WD3200JD-00K 08.0 Device identification VPD page: Addressed logical unit: id_type: vendor specific [0x0], code_set: ASCII 00 4c 69 6e 75 78 20 41 54 41 2d 53 43 53 49 20 73 Linux ATA-SCSI s 10 69 6d 75 6c 61 74 6f 72 imulator # hdparm -i /dev/hda /dev/hda: Model=WDC WD800BB-00JHC0, FwRev=05.01C05, SerialNo=WD-MAM96054404 Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec SpinMotCtl Fixed DTR>5Mbs mtGapReq } RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=66 BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=2048kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=off CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=-66060037, LBA=yes, LBAsects=156301488 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120} PIO modes: pio0 pio3 pio4 DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5 AdvancedPM=no Drive Supports : Reserved : ATA-1 ATA-2 ATA-3 ATA-4 ATA-5 ATA-6 - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html