idetool8
View properties and settings of ide drives
Usage
idetool
or select
IDE
Device
Tool
from
the
Utilities
submenu
of
the
Main
Menu.
Overview
IDE Tool is a tool for viewing and tuning the properties and settings of IDE drives, such as IDE hard drives and CDROMs. The hard drive properties which IDE Tool shows include the model, geometry, and cache. It allows you to control drive configuration such as whether it uses DMA and IRQ unmask.
You must be root to use this utility.
For full documentation see the IDE Tool online help.