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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY hdparm-download-http "http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/hardware/hdparm-&hdparm-version;.tar.gz">
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8 | <!ENTITY hdparm-download-ftp " ">
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9 | <!ENTITY hdparm-md5sum "a4187336bc79a8538549e18540313ffd">
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10 | <!ENTITY hdparm-size "38 KB">
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11 | <!ENTITY hdparm-buildsize "404 KB">
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12 | <!ENTITY hdparm-time "0.01 SBU">
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13 | ]>
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14 |
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15 | <sect1 id="hdparm" xreflabel="hdparm-&hdparm-version;">
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16 | <sect1info>
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17 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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18 | <date>$Date$</date>
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19 | </sect1info>
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20 | <?dbhtml filename="hdparm.html"?>
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21 | <title>hdparm-&hdparm-version;</title>
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22 | <indexterm zone="hdparm">
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23 | <primary sortas="a-Hdparm">Hdparm</primary>
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24 | </indexterm>
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25 |
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26 | <sect2>
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27 | <title>Introduction to <application>hdparm</application></title>
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28 |
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29 | <para>The <application>hdparm</application> package contains a utility that is
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30 | useful for controlling <acronym>ATA</acronym>/<acronym>IDE</acronym>
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31 | controllers and hard drives both to increase performance and sometimes to
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32 | increase stability.</para>
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33 |
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34 | <warning><para>As well as being useful, incorrect usage of
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35 | <application>hdparm</application> can destroy your information and in
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36 | rare cases, drives. Use with caution and make sure you know what you are
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37 | doing. If in doubt, we recommend you leave the default kernel parameters
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38 | alone.</para></warning>
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39 |
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40 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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41 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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42 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP):
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43 | <ulink url="&hdparm-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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44 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP):
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45 | <ulink url="&hdparm-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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46 | <listitem><para>Download MD5 sum:
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47 | &hdparm-md5sum;</para></listitem>
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48 | <listitem><para>Download size:
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49 | &hdparm-size;</para></listitem>
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50 | <listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
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51 | &hdparm-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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52 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time:
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53 | &hdparm-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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54 | </sect3>
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55 |
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56 | </sect2>
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57 |
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58 | <sect2>
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59 | <title>Installation of <application>hdparm</application></title>
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60 |
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61 | <para>Build <application>hdparm</application> by running the following
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62 | command:</para>
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63 |
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64 | <screen><userinput><command>make</command></userinput></screen>
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65 |
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66 | <para>As the root user, install <application>hdparm</application>:</para>
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67 |
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68 | <screen><userinput role='root'><command>make install</command></userinput></screen>
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69 |
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70 | <para>Note that by default, <command>hdparm</command> is installed in
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71 | <filename class="directory">/sbin</filename> as some systems may require it
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72 | during the boot process before <filename class="directory">/usr</filename>
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73 | is mounted. If you wish to install <command>hdparm</command> under the
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74 | <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> hierarchy, then replace the above
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75 | command with the following:</para>
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76 |
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77 | <screen><userinput role='root'><command>make binprefix=/usr install</command></userinput></screen>
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78 |
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79 | </sect2>
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80 |
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81 | <sect2>
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82 | <title>Contents</title>
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83 |
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84 | <segmentedlist>
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85 | <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
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86 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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87 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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88 |
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89 | <seglistitem>
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90 | <seg>hdparm</seg>
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91 | <seg>None</seg>
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92 | <seg>None</seg>
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93 | </seglistitem>
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94 | </segmentedlist>
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95 |
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96 | <variablelist>
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97 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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98 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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99 |
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100 | <varlistentry id="hdparm-prog">
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101 | <term><command>hdparm</command></term>
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102 | <listitem><para>provides a command-line interface to various hard disk ioctls
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103 | supported by the stock Linux <acronym>ATA</acronym>/<acronym>IDE</acronym>
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104 | device driver subsystem.</para>
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105 | <indexterm zone="hdparm hdparm-prog">
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106 | <primary sortas="b-hdparm">hdparm</primary>
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107 | </indexterm></listitem>
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108 | </varlistentry>
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109 | </variablelist>
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110 |
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111 | </sect2>
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112 |
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113 | </sect1>
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114 |
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