I have never had a problem, and from what I have read about hdpram is that
data damage can occur on old or flaky hardware, so anything newer than about
two years onld is fine.
Have a look at
http://www.linux.com/tuneup/database.phtml/Filesystem/000075.html
and
http://www.linux.com/tuneup/database.phtml/Hardware/000788.html
Mark Hillary
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rusty Carruth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, December 22, 2000 3:26 PM
Subject: Re[2]: [expert] 'Use hard drive optimizations' does what?
> Buchan Milne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > boot, like "ide0=dma", which is what I use on my custom kernel with
> > udma66.
>
> Well, I've not used the hard drive optimizations because of the
> "warning - data damage likely" comment.
>
> Has anyone had data loss from hdparm?
>
> What events could happen to cause such a situation?
>
> Thanks!
>
> rusty
>
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