On Tuesday 11 September 2007 11:40, Rohan Kulkarni wrote:
> Hello,
> I have a Seagate SATA hard disk 160GB.My motherboard supports till
> UDMA6.I have enabled UDMA 6 but hdparm -i /dev/sda command shows that the
> hard disk is running in UDMA 5 mode.This is what it shows.
>
> hdparm -i /dev/sda
>
> /dev/sda:
>
> Model=ST3160211AS , FwRev=3.AAE ,
> SerialNo= 5PT0G98G
> Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs RotSpdTol>.5% }
> RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4
> BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=2048kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=?16?
> CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=268435455
> IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
> PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
> DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
> UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
> AdvancedPM=no WriteCache=enabled
> Drive conforms to: Unspecified: ATA/ATAPI-1 ATA/ATAPI-2 ATA/ATAPI-3
> ATA/ATAPI-4 ATA/ATAPI-5 ATA/ATAPI-6 ATA/ATAPI-7
>
> * signifies the current active mode
>
> Why is it running in UDMA 5 and not in UDMA 6 mode and how can I enable
> UDMA 6?
>
> Also the command hdparm -v /dev/sda shows IO_SUPPORT as 16 bit.
>
> hdparm -v /dev/sda
>
> /dev/sda:
> IO_support = 0 (default 16-bit)
> readonly = 0 (off)
> readahead = 1024 (on)
> geometry = 19457/255/63, sectors = 312581808, start = 0
>
> the command hdparm -c3 /dev/sda to change IO_SUPPORT to 32 bit gives an
> error.
>
> hdparm -c3 /dev/sda
>
> /dev/sda:
> setting 32-bit IO_support flag to 3
> HDIO_SET_32BIT failed: Invalid argument
> IO_support = 0 (default 16-bit)
> How can i change the IO_SUPPORT to 32-bit???
>
> Thanking you
maybe try this:
http://www.gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Use_hdparm_to_improve_IDE_device_performance
I got to this page and had lots of other hits by googling "hdparm howto."
Dave
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