Vic wrote:
> Hi I installed a Quantum Fireball dma66 (maximum speed)
> 10 Gb hard drive, and I was wondering, since linux supports
> dma33 pretty much and the motherboard is dma33 capable,
> how can I know its running at this speed?
>
> It does run faster than the old regular ide drive that
> I had in there, but I just wish to know of some
> indication that its actually running at dma33 speed.
>
> Thanks
>
> Vic
use hdparm /dev/hda1 (or whatever your drive is) to display
current usage.
man hdparm will fill you in.
Gene
