Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 00:11:21 +0100
From: Philip Nienhuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] 50CT with big drive - problems

Daniel Fenert wrote:
> 
> Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 18:14:27 +0100
> From: Daniel Fenert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: 50CT with big drive - problems
> 
> 1. After upgrading from 2GB to 30GB, HDD Led is always lit (not real problem,
> but annoying :)

I agree. I got a Hitachi 7K60, same problem. Seems to be a bug in the
Libretto, it does not conform fully to the ATA standard (says Hitachi
support).
 
> 2. I can't suspend machine properly, I'm using linux (2.4.26), after running:
> apm --suspend
> usual suspend status shows for a second, and then libretto goes off (to state
> where power led blinks once a few seconds).

I use pmsuspend2 (swsusp) on Mandrake9.2, works flawlessly.

> I can get it back from this state of course, but after few minutes when it
> really turns off I get following message:
> WARNING: CAN'T RESTORE HIBERNATED STATE.
> PRESS ANY KEY TO CONTINUE.
> And then it starts as after reboot :-/
> 
> And that is REAL problem for me because I've never rebooted my libretto
> (that's lie - I rebooted it once per few months to upgrade kernel :)
> 
> My partition table looks like this:
> part    from    to      size
> hda1    1       511     (~4GB)
> hda2    512     1017    (~4GB)

Suggestion: AFAIK cyl. 1017-1026 are used by the BIOS hibernation (1017
partly). Your hda2 and hda4 overlap with it. Better be conservative and
reserve more space (before and after) for the hibernation area. A few 8
MB cylinders more or less is peanuts on a 30 GB HD.

>     ---- space for hibernation from 1018 to 1024 ----
> hda4    1025    3648    (~20GB) (that's extended partition)
> hda5........
> 
> In the free space there was in the begining partition of type 0 (empty), but I
> deleted it because I thought that it was the problem, and now I know it still
> doesn't work.
> 
> ps. there's no increase in drive speed (tested with `hdparm -tT /dev/hda`),
> this new drive is 5400rpm with 8MB cache...
> I get:
> ~45MB/s buffer-cache reads,
> ~3.5MB/s buffered disk reads.

Be content with it. ISA bus, no dma support (see a few posts back in the
list archives,
http://www.technoir.nu/libretto/list/ )
 
> --
> Daniel Fenert                 --==> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <==--

P.


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