Hdparm

Download Source:	http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/hdparm/hdparm-9.37.tar.gz

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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:
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.

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

Compile the package:

make CC="gcc ${BUILD32}"

Install the package

make install

N32

Compile the package:

make CC="gcc ${BUILDN32}"

Install the package

make install

64Bit

Compile the package:

make CC="gcc ${BUILD64}"

Install the package

make install

Contents

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Short Descriptions

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