ok, here is what I get with hdparm /dev/hdc and hdparm -d /dev/hdc
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root@Silver'sBox:~# hdparm /dev/hdc

/dev/hdc:
HDIO_GET_MULTCOUNT failed: Invalid argument
IO_support = 0 (default 16-bit)
unmaskirq = 0 (off)
using_dma = 0 (off)
keepsettings = 0 (off)
readonly = 1 (on)
readahead = 8 (on)
HDIO_GETGEO failed: Invalid argument
root@Silver'sBox:~# hdparm -d1 /dev/hdc

/dev/hdc:
setting using_dma to 1 (on)
using_dma = 1 (on)
so confused....