[NTLUG:Discuss] hdparm heads up

[J. Reeves Hall]

If you haven't checked your IDE hard drives with hdparm yet, I recommend
it. I just discovered that my UltraDMA 33  capable drive was in 16-bit
PIO mode! hdparm managed to quadruple the read speed by enabling DMA and
32-bit mode.

-Reeves

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J. Reeves Hall - Georgia Tech (CS Major)
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