[TriLUG] how to tell if an IDE disk is operating as EIDE or just IDE?

[Mike Johnson]

Joseph Mack NA3T [jmack at wm7d.net] wrote:
> I have a disk with problems that's running on an EIDE setup. The disk
> works fine on another machine but I don't know for sure that this other
> machine is running EIDE or IDE (it has EIDE connectors and cables).
> I'd like to know if the problem is to do with the EIDE or something else.
> 
> I've looked on google, with hdparm and in /proc/ide/... and haven't found
> anything helpful.

hdparm -i /dev/hde
/dev/hde:

 Model=MAXTOR 6L080J4, FwRev=A93.0500, SerialNo=664132037489
 Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
 RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=32256, SectSize=21298, ECCbytes=4
 BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=1819kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
 CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=156355584
 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
 PIO modes:  pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 
 DMA modes:  mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 
 UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 *udma6 
 AdvancedPM=no WriteCache=enabled
 Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-5 T13 1321D revision 1: 

 * signifies the current active mode


My drive is in udma6, which is Ultra DMA 133.  You're really asking
which level of IDE is it using.  All drives have been EIDE for a long
time.  I doubt you have a simple IDE drive.

Mike
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