Re: [PLUG] hdparm problem

[Art Clemons <artclemons@aol.com>]

Arthur S. Alexion:
> No.  Nor is there a problem on reboot.  Only on every other boot -- but 
> consistently on every other boot.

This is usually a sign that the harddrive isn't getting fully up to 
speed before the boot process is complete.   I'ld hesitate to set up 
such a drive to UDMA2 (66 MHz) since the contents of the drive can get 
scrambled if anything gets to write to the disk and writes improperly. 
Most Award bios chips used to solve this problem by delaying the full 
boot slightly with a pause to show the EPA screesaver nonsense.

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