[BlueOnyx:07280] Re: Sata300 Disk Transfer Speeds

[Jeff Folk]

On May 11, 2011, at 10:52 PM, Chuck Tetlow wrote:
> 
> That's because you're logged in as "admin".  You've got to be root to run that command. 

Actually, I was... (root at box1, then the '#' prompt was present)

> Use the command "su -" and provide the root password to switch user to root.  Most of the time, the root password is the same as the "admin" account password. 
> 
> The command should work then.  
> 
> But if you don't use the "-" switch after the "su" switch user command, you won't be able to run the program without providing the whole path to the command.  That would be /sbin/hdparm to run it. 

That was the issue causing me to have to provide the complete path. Everything else had been working just fine without the '-' switch, and I guess I got lazy... You know, saving two keystrokes here and there just might prevent CTS... LOL

Thanks;
Jeff