Michael Schmitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Your error message looks like the disk doesn't like one of the feature set > > > commands the kernel sends it. I'll have to look at the IDE driver to see > > > if that's the DMA setting or some other drive command. Did you try > > > hda=noautotune, and does this happen with all kernel versions? > > > > As raf mentioned in the other reply to my org. posting, this happens > > with kernel versions 2.2.15-2.2.17, but I think I sometimes had them > > with 2.2.14 too, yet much less often. And it happens both with and > > without hda=autotune. > > I've had a look at the code and the setfeature command in fact is the > multiword DMA enable. > > You could try the following to narrow down the problem further: > > - omit the -p in the wakeup hdparm command, to make sure we're not running > into a problem with PIO mode autotune here (the kernel option is kind of > defeated by that option for all I can see).
Sorry, which one is the wakeup command? I have removed every -p from the PB3400 section I could find for now. > - add a -x34 after the -d1 in the wakeup command (see hdparm man page). It's actually -X34 according to the man page. I'll (hopefully) report success with the new settings. BTW: Can I also turn off the backlight in order to save energy? Andre
