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== Introduction to Hdparm ==
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The hdparm package contains a utility that is useful for controlling ATA/IDE controllers and hard drives both to increase performance and sometimes to increase stability.
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'''Warning:'''
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As well as being useful, incorrect usage of hdparm can destroy your information and in rare cases,
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drives. Use with caution and make sure you know what you are doing. If in doubt, it is recommended
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that you leave the default kernel parameters alone.
  
 
== Dependencies ==
 
== Dependencies ==
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== Content ==
 
== Content ==
The hdparm package contains a utility that is useful for controlling ATA/IDE controllers and hard drives both to increase performance and sometimes to increase stability.
 
  
 
Installed Program: hdparm
 
Installed Program: hdparm

Revision as of 00:25, 4 December 2006

Download Source: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/hdparm/hdparm-6.7.tar.gz

Introduction to Hdparm

The hdparm package contains a utility that is useful for controlling ATA/IDE controllers and hard drives both to increase performance and sometimes to increase stability.

Warning:
As well as being useful, incorrect usage of hdparm can destroy your information and in rare cases,
drives. Use with caution and make sure you know what you are doing. If in doubt, it is recommended
that you leave the default kernel parameters alone.

Dependencies

Non-Multilib

Compile the package:

make

Install the package

make install

Multilib

This package does not provide any libraries so only one installation is needed.

32Bit

None.

N32

None.

64Bit

Compile the package:

make

Install the package

make install

Content

Installed Program: hdparm

Installed Libraries: None

Installed Directories: None


Short Descriptions

hdparm: provides a command-line interface to various hard disk ioctls supported by the stock Linux ATA/IDE device driver subsystem.

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