[plug] Checking if a drive is running in pio or dma?

[Paul Dean]

Hi,

Install and use sdparm for sd drives.

Using hdparm on sd drives is not recommended and can cause drive
failures.

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Thanks

Paul Dean.
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On Fri, 4 Apr 2008 22:56:37 +0800
sothisistheinternet <sothisistheinternet at gmail.com> wrote:

>On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 6:51 AM, W.Kenworthy <billk at iinet.net.au> wrote:
>>
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>>  On Wed, 2008-04-02 at 00:37 +0800, sothisistheinternet wrote:
>>  > Hi all,
>>  >
>>  > How do I check to see if a hard drive is running under PIO or DMA
>>  > mode? I'm running FC5 at present, if that matters.
>>
>>
>>
>>  bunyip ~ # hdparm -i /dev/sda
>>
>
>This one gives me an error
>
>>
>>  bunyip ~ # hdparm -I /dev/sda
>>
>
>This one works on my SATA drives :)
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