Sunday, January 22, 2012

HardDisk Parameters (DMA/UDMA/CAPABILITIES)


 Commands are given below   :- 
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* To enable DMA for a hard drive: hdparm -d1 /dev/hda  


* To disable DMA for a hard drive: hdparm -d0 /dev/hda  

* To measure transfer rate of a hard drive: hdparm -Tt /dev/hda
  
* To see what options are enabled for a hard drive: hdparm /dev/hda  

* To see more info on your drive than you wanted to know: (this will show which UDMA modes are supported/enabled) hdparm -i /dev/hda 

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