hdparm

Get and set SATA and IDE hard drive parameters. More information: <https://manned.org/hdparm>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/hdparm.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install hdparm
Ubuntu
apt-get install hdparm
Alpine
apk add hdparm
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S hdparm
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install hdparm
CentOS
yum install hdparm
Fedora
dnf install hdparm
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install hdparm
Raspbian
apt-get install hdparm
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/hdparm
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/hdparm hdparm powered by Commando

Get and set SATA and IDE hard drive parameters. More information: <https://manned.org/hdparm>.

  • Request the identification info of a given device:
    sudo hdparm -I /dev/device
  • Get the Advanced Power Management level:
    sudo hdparm -B /dev/device
  • Set the Advanced Power Management value (values 1-127 permit spin-down, and values 128-254 do not):
    sudo hdparm -B 1 /dev/device
  • Display the device's current power mode status:
    sudo hdparm -C /dev/device
  • Force a drive to immediately enter standby mode (usually causes a drive to spin down):
    sudo hdparm -y /dev/device
  • Put the drive into idle (low-power) mode, also setting its standby timeout:
    sudo hdparm -S standby_timeout device
  • Test the read speed of a specific device:
    sudo hdparm -tT device

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