hdparm is a Linux shell utility for viewing and manipulating various IDE drive and driver parameters. Most drives can benefit from improved performance using a command similar to "hdparm -qm8 -qu1 -qc1 -qd1 /dev/hda". License: BSD License (original) Changes: Several fixes were made to ensure functionality with the non-libata IDE driver again. Many features were broken and possibly dangerous on earlier 7.x/8.x versions with the old IDE. Upgading is strongly recommended. The display of udma6 mode was fixed. The program now exits with a proper return code to ease scripting.

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