On September 16, 2004 3:54 pm, Kent Nyberg wrote: > What do you mean by "not function"? > Do you get some sort of error-message? > It could be possible that you just do not have it in your $PATH, that > is, that when you run 'hdparm' the computer just do not now where to > look for it. Try '/sbin/hdparm' and it might start. yes, it needed the path. I didn't have /sbin in my path. Thanks. Unfortunately, hdparm does not alter the performance of my drive, at least not as reported by hdparm. :-( -- Trevor Smith // trevor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx