On Thu Sep 10, 2009 at 10:26:35AM +0100, Simon Jackson wrote: > Hmmm. I do not have sdparm on my system. > > Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 #1 SMP Sat Jan 10 17:57:00 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > Is this the same functionality as the hdparm utility? > Yes - it was written for SCSI drives rather than IDE drives. With the different markets these were targeted for, SCSI drives have (historically) provided a lot more low-level parameters for tweaking. Newer ATA drives have been incorporating a lot of the same functionality though, so it'll work (to some extent) with them as well. The homepage is at http://sg.danny.cz/sg/sdparm.html HTH, Robin -- ___ ( ' } | Robin Hill <robin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> | / / ) | Little Jim says .... | // !! | "He fallen in de water !!" |
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