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:
The output of “-I” was updated with SATA-2.6 additions, and “form factor” and “rotation” displays were added to it. APM level retrieval is now supported with the “-B” flag. The “-C” output was updated to match ATA8. Logical/physical sector size reporting was added.