hdparm-4.5: get/set IDE disk parameters]

[Mark Lord]

The latest version 4.5 of "hdparm" has been released,
and should appear shortly at:

http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/hardware/hdparm-4.5.tar.gz

hdparm is a Linux utility for viewing/manipulating various
IDE drive and driver parameters. Most systems can benefit
from improved performance using a command sequence similar to this:

#!/bin/sh
for d in /proc/ide/hd* ; do
if [ `cat $d/media` = 'disk' ]; then
hdparm -qm8 -qu1 -qc1 -qd1 -qW1 /dev/${d##*/}
elif [ `cat $d/media` = 'cdrom' ]; then
hdparm -qu1 -qd1 /dev/${d##*/}
fi
done

This latest version includes minor cleanups and Makefile fixes.
--
Mark Lord
Real-Time Remedies Inc.
ml...@pobox.com

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