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yojimbosteel
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 Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 12:24 am Post subject: hdparm question |
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Hello, I'm new to linux and have just started installing gentoo. I have been following the handbook for x86
my system is i686, and I'm using the minimal install CD.
So anyways I have a question about the, Tweaking disk performance section in chapter 2 of the handbook. Since I have time on my hands I've been looking at ways to increase hard disk performance on various websites.
So as I was trying things out I tried:
# hdparm -i /dev/hda
which is suppose to send drive info back, it gave me my cd drive back... I thought I was tweaking my hard disk, is this right? |
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Dlareh
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use fdisk -l to get a list of drives and partitions on your system
you hard drive may be /dev/sda, /dev/hdc, or something like that.
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yojimbosteel
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| Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 12:31 am Post subject: thanks |
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| thank you very much, it was hdc |
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