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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:''' | ||
| + | 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. | ||
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Revision as of 01:25, 4 December 2006
| Download Source: | http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/hdparm/hdparm-6.7.tar.gz |
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Contents
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.
