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Re: [PLUG] hdparm problem
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On Monday 05 August 2002 02:17 pm, Art Clemons wrote:
> 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.
Sounds like the sleep command suggested by Bill Jonas should solve this.
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