On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 08:55, Mark wrote: > Wow.. Thanks for the info Byron, looks like it may be difficult to > install and make the sata drive as the bootable drive.. Although I am > not sure about this.. are you using the SATA dive as your main drive? > > The information about these drives is awfully sketchy at the moment, are > they worth the trouble.. what sort of through puts are you seeing.. is > it noticeable difference to the ATA133 stuff? > > Cheers > Mark >
I'm using the drive as my main drive. It worked off the bat. I've booted with a gentoo install cd, and also a knoppix live cd, and the gentoo saw the drive, and the knoppix did not if I recall correctly. I think the knoppix had like a 2.4.20 kernel where as the gentoo disk had a 2.4.21 kernel. Main reason I opted for sata is the cleanliness of the cables, and efficient airflows. (don't care oabout over clocking but still want a well cooled case.) I don't really know how to judge the performance numbers, but here is what hdparm -tt gives: hdparm -tT /dev/hde /dev/hde: Timing buffer-cache reads: 1564 MB in 2.00 seconds = 782.00 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 78 MB in 3.04 seconds = 25.66 MB/sec this is on 2.4.22-1mdk here are the results from hdparm -I, the drive is a 120 gig seagate SATA: hdparm -I /dev/hde /dev/hde: ATA device, with non-removable media Model Number: ST3120026AS Serial Number: 3JT0JJKQ Firmware Revision: 3.05 Standards: Used: ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 2 Supported: 6 5 4 3 Configuration: Logical max current cylinders 16383 65535 heads 16 1 sectors/track 63 63 -- CHS current addressable sectors: 4128705 LBA user addressable sectors: 234441648 LBA48 user addressable sectors: 234441648 device size with M = 1024*1024: 114473 MBytes device size with M = 1000*1000: 120034 MBytes (120 GB) Capabilities: LBA, IORDY(can be disabled) bytes avail on r/w long: 4 Queue depth: 1 Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16 Current = 16 Recommended acoustic management value: 254, current value: 0 DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 *udma6 Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 Cycle time: no flow control=240ns IORDY flow control=120ns Commands/features: Enabled Supported: * READ BUFFER cmd * WRITE BUFFER cmd * Host Protected Area feature set * Look-ahead * Write cache * Power Management feature set Security Mode feature set * SMART feature set * FLUSH CACHE EXT command * Mandatory FLUSH CACHE command * Device Configuration Overlay feature set * 48-bit Address feature set SET MAX security extension * DOWNLOAD MICROCODE cmd * SMART self-test * SMART error logging Security: supported not enabled not locked not frozen not expired: security count not supported: enhanced erase Checksum: correct thats about all the info I think I can think of now. -Byron
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