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[ale] hdparm heads up



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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In a world without fences, why do we need Gates?
J. Reeves Hall - Georgia Tech (CS Major)
[overcode at resnet.gatech.edu]