Last Friday 16 July 2004 18:47, Chaz Worm was like:
Speaking of disagreements, I've seen two
groups of thought on using
'hdparm' to speed up a hard drive. What is the final verdict?
I've only come across the POV that it's essential for glitch-free recording.
You do have to be careful with it. You can fry your drive.
{At least you can get it hot enough that it starts beeping at you.
I imagine frying would be the next step.}
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