[mythtv-users] ME6000 and hard drives
Torsten Schenkel
torsten.schenkel at web.de
Wed Feb 11 05:07:54 EST 2004
On Tue, 2004-02-10 at 09:23, Clay wrote:
> I was curious if anyone on the list using the combination of an EPIA
> ME6000 and a PVR 350 would be willing to post what type of hard drive
> they're using and what kind of statistics hdparm reports on the drive?
> I was using an old Seagate 60GB just fine with my ME6000, but I can't
> use my new Maxtor drives (120GB and 160GB each) without turning DMA
> off, which I'd prefer not to do. (ivtv will hard freeze the system
> playing back MPEG2 files if DMA is turned on with the Maxtors. I can't
> even SSH in in this case.)
>
> Thanks for any information!
Samsumg 160GB 5krpm, quite silent with acoustic management, no problem
at all (well one problem, but I guess that's the ext3 -T largefile
problem not related to the drive: takes long to delete large files)
myth:~# hdparm -tT /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
Timing buffer-cache reads: 240 MB in 2.02 seconds = 118.81 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 98 MB in 3.00 seconds = 32.67 MB/sec
myth:~# hdparm -I /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
ATA device, with non-removable media
Model Number: SAMSUNG SV1604N
Serial Number: 0654J1FW822158
Firmware Revision: TR100-23
Standards:
Supported: 7 6 5 4
Likely used: 7
Configuration:
Logical max current
cylinders 16383 65535
heads 16 1
sectors/track 63 63
--
CHS current addressable sectors: 4128705
LBA user addressable sectors: 268435455
LBA48 user addressable sectors: 312581808
device size with M = 1024*1024: 152627 MBytes
device size with M = 1000*1000: 160041 MBytes (160 GB)
Capabilities:
LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)
Queue depth: 1
Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, no device specific
minimum
R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16 Current = 16
Recommended acoustic management value: 254, current value: 128
DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns
PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
Cycle time: no flow control=240ns IORDY flow control=120ns
Commands/features:
Enabled Supported:
* READ BUFFER cmd
* WRITE BUFFER cmd
* Host Protected Area feature set
* Look-ahead
* Write cache
* Power Management feature set
Security Mode feature set
SMART feature set
* FLUSH CACHE EXT command
* Mandatory FLUSH CACHE command
* Device Configuration Overlay feature set
* 48-bit Address feature set
* Automatic Acoustic Management feature set
SET MAX security extension
* DOWNLOAD MICROCODE cmd
* SMART self-test
* SMART error logging
Security:
Master password revision code = 65534
supported
not enabled
not locked
not frozen
not expired: security count
supported: enhanced erase
96min for SECURITY ERASE UNIT. 96min for ENHANCED SECURITY ERASE
UNIT.
HW reset results:
CBLID- above Vih
Device num = 0 determined by the jumper
Checksum: correct
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HTH,
Torsten
--
Walkthrough: MythTV on Epia with PVR350 using Debian:
http://www-isl.mach.uni-karlsruhe.de/~hi93/myth/mythtv_debian_epia_pvr350_walkthrough
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