Evening all. I've been trying to get hdparm to work, but it seems ( I can not verify) unsuccessfully. I got
Scorpio:/home/ryn# hdparm -i /dev/hda /dev/hda: Model=WDC AC11000H, FwRev=12.07H12, SerialNo=WD-WT364 Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec SpinMotCtl Fixed DTR>5Mbs FmtGapReq } RawCHS=2046/16/63, TrkSize=57600, SectSize=600, ECCbytes=22 BuffType=3(DualPortCache), BuffSize=128kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=off DblWordIO=no, maxPIO=2(fast), DMA=yes, maxDMA=0(slow) CurCHS=2046/16/63, CurSects=2062368, LBA=yes, LBAsects=2062368 tDMA={min:120,rec:120}, DMA modes: mword0 mword1 *mword2 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:160,w/IORDY:120}, PIO modes: mode3 mode4 an IDE drive (one of my 3), and -i seems to work fine. However, when I try to do Scorpio:/home/ryn# hdparm -t /dev/hda /dev/hda: Timing buffered disk reads: 32 MB in 7.46 seconds = 4.29 MB/sec HDIO_DRIVE_CMD failed: Invalid argument I get that HDIO_DRIVE error message. But it at least read the disk once. Same error occurs when trying to Scorpio:/home/ryn# hdparm -S 120 /dev/hda /dev/hda: setting standby to 120 (10 minutes) HDIO_DRIVE_CMD failed: Invalid argument I guess my question is: What does that error mean, and is hdparm really setting the sleep time, or does it quit with error message? I guess I'd find out soon enough, but I want to know for sure. TIA, Andrew --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrei S. Ivanov [EMAIL PROTECTED] UIN 12402354 http://members.tripod.com/AnSIv <--Little things for Linux.