On 28 May 2010 12:27, Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerar...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On Freitag 28 Mai 2010, Mick wrote: >> On Thursday 27 May 2010 17:29:26 Neil Bothwick wrote: >> > On Thu, 27 May 2010 16:22:11 +0100, Mick wrote: >> > > Newer machines invariably have SATA drives: >> > > >> > > Do I need to emerge hdparm for such a drive? >> > >> > % whatis hdparm >> > hdparm (8) - get/set SATA/ATA device parameters >> > >> > SATA is still ATA, using the same basic command set but over a different >> > wire. >> >> Yes, hdparm will work with my drive, but the question is would I have a >> benefit using it? Other than what Paul said, is there another benefit e.g. >> speed wise that I could derive from using hdparm > > no > >> or is the kernel on its >> own enough to optimise the performance of the drive? > > yes >
Thanks! :-) -- Regards, Mick
