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[ale] hdparm heads up
- Subject: [ale] hdparm heads up
- From: reeves at earthling.net (J. Reeves Hall)
- Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 00:12:33 -0500
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)
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