Re: [gentoo-user] HD indentification

[Dale]

Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
>
> no, just leave hdparm. sdparm and hdparm have different features.
>
> But you don't need to run hdparm as a boot service anymore (except maybe for
> your optical drive. Maybe.)
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>
>

I use hdparm to get info but do not run it as a service.  It seems the 
BIOS and Linux picks up the best settings as it boots anyway.  I also 
use hdparm for my SATA drive with no problems so far. 

Why would a person need both?

Dale

:-)  :-)