Subj : LINUX the Cross Roads
To   : Spaceman Spiff
From : Angus Mcleod
Date : Mon Jan 10 2005 08:53 am

  Re: LINUX the Cross Roads
  By: Spaceman Spiff to Angus Mcleod on Sun Jan 09 2005 21:32:00

 > This is what I got, at least one command works. :)
 > [mark@localhost mark]$ hdparm -i /dev/hda
 > bash: hdparm: command not found
 > [mark@localhost mark]$ hdparm -t /dev/hda
 > bash: hdparm: command not found

'hdparm' is another root-only command.  It allows you to set all sorts of 
drive parameters, so you don't want yore average keyboard monkey to be 
messing with it on yore system!

'su' to root and try it.

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