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Subject: Re: Hard Drive Buffer tool.
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On Friday 28 January 2005 02:00, borg wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> Someone gave me an IDE HD and he doesn't know how many
> MB  buffer it is. I checked the manufacturer data
> sheet. And I found that this exact model comes with
> 2MB and 8MB buffer. Anyone knows if there is a tool or
> a built-in utility under FreeBSD that allows me to get
> such information, without the having me email the
> manufacturer ?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> =====
> regards,
>
> "UNIX, it's a way of life."

atacontrol might tell you something.

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/Xian

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