Re: hdparm-8.2 now available

sion > is strongly recommended for all users. > > Cheers > -- > Mark Lord > Real-Time Remedies Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > M

Re: ATA bus error with external hd on esata

eSata external carriers and standalone USB external carriers with these same physical drives with no issues. My conclusion is that the electronics in the prepackaged external units is just not up to the job if your doing heavy i/o. Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http:

Make_bad_sector

tp://sourceforge.net/search/?type_of_search=soft&type_of_search=soft&words=hdparm > Mark, I asked on the SUSE list and was informed by Philipp Thomas of Novell (cc'ed) that the only mention of make_bad_sector in the hdparm-7.7 source is in a todo list. Sounds like a useful tool, so

Re: [patch ide-dev 3/9] merge LBA28 and LBA48 Host Protected Area support code

in the vanilla kernels?. ie. I doubt that vendors are patching this behavior. Thanks Greg -- Greg Freemyer On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 15:39:51 +0100 (CET), Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > * merge idedisk_read_native_max_address() > and idedisk_read_native_

Re: [patch ide-dev 3/9] merge LBA28 and LBA48 Host Protected Area support code

On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 17:30:55 +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 24 February 2005 17:10, Greg Freemyer wrote: > > I have generic question about HPA, not the patch. > > > > I have noticed with a SUSE 2.6.8 vendor kernel, the HPA beh

Re: [patch ide-dev 3/9] merge LBA28 and LBA48 Host Protected Area support code

Retested with Hitachi drive and 2.6.10 vanilla kernel. Same behavior, HPA is not reset to native max. Greg -- Greg Freemyer On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 15:19:52 -0500, Greg Freemyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 17:30:55 +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz > <[EMAIL PR

Re: Problems with IDE on linux 2.6.22.X

ATA and SATA physical layer typically carry ATA commands and having them tied into the SCSI stack is an aberration that I hope will be eliminated some day. ATAPI is an exception. Not sure where that would end up in a perfect world. Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Speciali

Re: Loud "pop" coming from hard drive on reboot

because: * there may be some other hardware devices affected by the power loss (== they require shutdown sequence) * the same problem will bite if somebody decides to use libata (FC7?) Bart OpenSUSE 10.3 is still in Alpha stage (at least a few months away from release), but they too have switc