On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, D. Stark - eSN wrote:
> Biagio LUCINI wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, D. Stark - eSN wrote:
> >
> > > Did you install Mandrake 7.2 with the 'hard drive optimizations'
> > > flagged? It may be having issues with the power management or something.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Derek
> > >
> >
> > Well, usually I don't, because I know that it can corrupt the HD, but I
> > can not be 100% sure. Is there a way tho verify whether I was mistaken?
> >
> > Regars,
> > Biagio
>
> use hdparm -v /dev/hda
>
Hi - I have checked my values with yours, the only difference was
multcount (and I did not have udma of course) I set multcount to 0 via
init scripts, but the problem persists: just when I was sending an e-mail
telling that it was fixed this way, my hd restarted to spin, I got the
message ide busy state 0x80 + timeout. Could it be an hardware fault?
How can I verify it? (even if the warranty does hold, since I use just
linux and the vendor sold me the laptop with Win98, I do not know how to
persuade him that it could be an hardware fault and not a software fault).
Many thanks,
Biagio Lucini
