Subject: Re: UDMA is it on?
From: Jon Reynolds (jonr@destar.net)
Date: Tue Aug 19 2003 - 14:15:50 AKDT
On Tue, 2003-08-19 at 14:02, bryan@ak.net wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 11:48:36AM -0800, Jon Reynolds <jonr@destar.net> wrote:
> >
> > I am trying to figure out if I have UDMA on for my laptop but not quite
> > sure where to start looking. I am using RH9 and I want to know how to
> > see if UDMA is on or off and if off then turn it on.
>
> The command you want is hdparm. For instance, 'hdparm /dev/hda' will
> show you stats on your primary IDE drive. It will show you if DMA is
> being used; I've had trouble determining if UDMA is enabled. Maybe
> new versions are more clear about that.
>
> hdparm can also be used to set options. You'll want to read the man page.
>
> --
> Bryan Medsker
> bryan@ak.net
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Thanks Brian, that was what I was looking for. :)
Jon
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