Re: [PLUG] hard drive help

[epike@isinet.com]

oh yeah sorry bout not warning about this, its a good way to 
crash a IDE hard disk..

however the -I flag should only read settings just to get
a hint of whats possible with the disk/controller, if I'm
not mistaken..

e pike

> 
> FYI: I _REALLY_ crashed my computer playing with this command, I would
> recommend doing "sync" between runnings of it, especially if you aren't
> using something like ext3.
> 
>  -- noah silva 
> 
> On Tue, 23 Apr 2002 epike@isinet.com wrote:
> 
> > You can try playing around with hdparm to figure the correct
> > dma mode its supposed to be in.  try hdparm -I to read 
> > controler flags, that should give you a good start.
> > 
> > e pike
> > 
> > > hda: timeout waiting for DMA
> > > ide_dmaproc: chipset supported ide_dma_timeout func only: 14
> > > hda: status error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
> > > hda: drive not ready for command
> > 
> > 
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