Re: [expert] Hdparm problem
On Wednesday 22 October 2003 12:55 pm, Rob Blomquist wrote: I am trying to optimize my new drive, and I attempted to set its UDMA mode last night: UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 *udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 udma6 AdvancedPM=yes: disabled (255) WriteCache=enabled Drive conforms to: (null): * signifies the current active mode Rob, the most significant thing I see is that it looks like the drive is only capable of doing udma2. Since this is a new drive, I'm assuming it should be able to do much more. First thing I'd check is to make sure that you don't have a 40 conductor IDE cable on that drive instead of the 80 that you need. Got another cable you can switch out and try? HTHs! :-) PS BTW, why is that drive /dev/hdd and not /dev/hda? Is it an add on? That looks like the slave position on the 2nd channel. Make sure your settings are correct there... -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Hdparm problem
On Wednesday 22 October 2003 01:14 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Wednesday 22 October 2003 12:55 pm, Rob Blomquist wrote: I am trying to optimize my new drive, and I attempted to set its UDMA mode last night: UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 *udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 udma6 AdvancedPM=yes: disabled (255) WriteCache=enabled Drive conforms to: (null): * signifies the current active mode Rob, the most significant thing I see is that it looks like the drive is only capable of doing udma2. Since this is a new drive, I'm assuming it should be able to do much more. First thing I'd check is to make sure that you don't have a 40 conductor IDE cable on that drive instead of the 80 that you need. Got another cable you can switch out and try? HTHs! :-) PS BTW, why is that drive /dev/hdd and not /dev/hda? Is it an add on? That looks like the slave position on the 2nd channel. Make sure your settings are correct there... Also, does your HD controller support higher than mode2? How old is your motherboard? -- /g Outside of a dog, a man's best friend is a book, inside a dog it's too dark to read -Groucho Marx Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Hdparm problem
On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 09:55:09AM -0700, Rob Blomquist wrote: I am trying to optimize my new drive, and I attempted to set its UDMA mode last night: # hdparm -X70 /dev/hdd /dev/hdd: setting xfermode to 70 (UltraDMA mode6) HDIO_DRIVE_CMD(setxfermode) failed: Input/output error The drive is ATA 133 and I believe UDMA mode6, consequently. Any ideas on this I/O error? What about the controller and cable.If the contoller will only go to ATA 66 that's the fastest the drive can be set.UDMA2 is the fastest setting that could be used withoput the newer 80 wire cable,so if your cable is the 40 wire version or has a bad connecion it would also cause the reduced speed. HTH Ray Warren Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
