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Checking hdparm settings on my drive gives this...

/dev/sda1:
IO_support = 0 (default 16-bit)
readonly = 0 (off)
readahead = 256 (on)
geometry = 14593/255/63, sectors = 12691287, start = 63

Obviously this is subpar. Here is my drive.

Model=FUJITSU MHV2120AH , FwRev=000000A0, SerialNo= NT59T6A294GS
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=0
BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=8192kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=?16?
CurCHS=4047/16/255, CurSects=16511760, LBA=yes, LBAsects=234441648
IORDY=yes, tPIO={min:240,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
AdvancedPM=yes: mode=0x80 (128) WriteCache=enabled
Drive conforms to: unknown: ATA/ATAPI-2 ATA/ATAPI-3 ATA/ATAPI-4 ATA/ATAPI-5 ATA/ATAPI-6 ATA/ATAPI-7

* signifies the current active mode

The error.

root@me:/home/chris# hdparm -qm8 -qu1 -qc1 -qd1 /dev/sda1
HDIO_SET_32BIT failed: Invalid argument
HDIO_SET_MULTCOUNT failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device
HDIO_SET_UNMASKINTR failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device
HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device

or

root@me:/home/chris# hdparm -c3 -m16 /dev/sda1

/dev/sda1:
setting 32-bit IO_support flag to 3
HDIO_SET_32BIT failed: Invalid argument
setting multcount to 16
HDIO_SET_MULTCOUNT failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device
HDIO_GET_MULTCOUNT failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device
IO_support = 0 (default 16-bit)

Is my drive unsettable?

sdparm

Looking further I've installed sdparm

root@me:/home/chris# sdparm -i /dev/sda1
/dev/sda1: ATA FUJITSU MHV2120A 0000
Device identification VPD page:
Addressed logical unit:
desig_type: vendor specific [0x0], code_set: ASCII
00 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 4e 54 35 39 54 36 41 32 NT59T6A2
10 39 34 47 53 94GS
desig_type: T10 vendor identification, code_set: ASCII
vendor id: ATA
vendor specific: FUJITSU MHV2120AH NT59T6A294GS

Am I on the right track? I haven't a clue now.

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