you can use "hdparm" to check the current mode of a harddisk. It 
displays the available modes, the currently used mode is marked by an 
asteriks.

On 28 Feb 2003 at 15:37, christopher j bottaro wrote:

> hello,
> i got a bunch of old computers from my friends.  they are all running
> linux (redhat 8.0).  if i grep /var/log/messages for "udma", i see
> some of them say udma 100, udma 33, etc.  excuse my lack of correct
> terminology, but how can i tell what each motherboard supports...as in
> udma "speed"?  also, how can i tell the same thing about the hard
> drives in each computer?  and finally, in contrast to what they
> support, what they actually run at?
> 
> thanks,
> -- christopher
> 
> 
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