Re: hdparm-8.2 now available

2008-02-20 Thread Greg Freemyer
sion > is strongly recommended for all users. > > Cheers > -- > Mark Lord > Real-Time Remedies Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > M

Re: hdparm-8.2 now available

2008-02-20 Thread Greg Freemyer
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Make_bad_sector

2008-01-29 Thread Greg Freemyer
/sourceforge.net/search/?type_of_search=soft_of_search=soft=hdparm > Mark, I asked on the SUSE list and was informed by Philipp Thomas of Novell (cc'ed) that the only mention of make_bad_sector in the hdparm-7.7 source is in a todo list. Sounds like a useful tool, so I was hoping to encourage suse to

Make_bad_sector

2008-01-29 Thread Greg Freemyer
Thomas of Novell (cc'ed) that the only mention of make_bad_sector in the hdparm-7.7 source is in a todo list. Sounds like a useful tool, so I was hoping to encourage suse to include it with future releases. Thanks Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com

Re: ATA bus error with external hd on esata

2007-12-17 Thread Greg Freemyer
carriers and standalone USB external carriers with these same physical drives with no issues. My conclusion is that the electronics in the prepackaged external units is just not up to the job if your doing heavy i/o. Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.

Re: ATA bus error with external hd on esata

2007-12-17 Thread Greg Freemyer
in the prepackaged external units is just not up to the job if your doing heavy i/o. Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf

Re: Problems with IDE on linux 2.6.22.X

2007-08-30 Thread Greg Freemyer
nd SATA physical layer typically carry ATA commands and having them tied into the SCSI stack is an aberration that I hope will be eliminated some day. ATAPI is an exception. Not sure where that would end up in a perfect world. Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http

Re: Problems with IDE on linux 2.6.22.X

2007-08-30 Thread Greg Freemyer
is an aberration that I hope will be eliminated some day. ATAPI is an exception. Not sure where that would end up in a perfect world. Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence Technology http

Re: Loud "pop" coming from hard drive on reboot

2007-04-18 Thread Greg Freemyer
se: * there may be some other hardware devices affected by the power loss (== they require shutdown sequence) * the same problem will bite if somebody decides to use libata (FC7?) Bart OpenSUSE 10.3 is still in Alpha stage (at least a few months away from release), but they too have switched to lib

Re: Loud pop coming from hard drive on reboot

2007-04-18 Thread Greg Freemyer
(FC7?) Bart OpenSUSE 10.3 is still in Alpha stage (at least a few months away from release), but they too have switched to libata by default. (You can override by adding a boot param). Greg -- Greg Freemyer The Norcross Group Forensics for the 21st Century - To unsubscribe from this list: send

Re: [patch ide-dev 3/9] merge LBA28 and LBA48 Host Protected Area support code

2005-02-25 Thread Greg Freemyer
Retested with Hitachi drive and 2.6.10 vanilla kernel. Same behavior, HPA is not reset to native max. Greg -- Greg Freemyer On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 15:19:52 -0500, Greg Freemyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 17:30:55 +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz > <[EMAIL PR

Re: [patch ide-dev 3/9] merge LBA28 and LBA48 Host Protected Area support code

2005-02-25 Thread Greg Freemyer
Retested with Hitachi drive and 2.6.10 vanilla kernel. Same behavior, HPA is not reset to native max. Greg -- Greg Freemyer On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 15:19:52 -0500, Greg Freemyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 17:30:55 +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: [patch ide-dev 3/9] merge LBA28 and LBA48 Host Protected Area support code

2005-02-24 Thread Greg Freemyer
On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 17:30:55 +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 24 February 2005 17:10, Greg Freemyer wrote: > > I have generic question about HPA, not the patch. > > > > I have noticed with a SUSE 2.6.8 vendor kernel, the HPA beh

Re: [patch ide-dev 3/9] merge LBA28 and LBA48 Host Protected Area support code

2005-02-24 Thread Greg Freemyer
in the vanilla kernels?. ie. I doubt that vendors are patching this behavior. Thanks Greg -- Greg Freemyer On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 15:39:51 +0100 (CET), Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > * merge idedisk_read_native_max_address() > and idedisk_read_native_

Re: [patch ide-dev 3/9] merge LBA28 and LBA48 Host Protected Area support code

2005-02-24 Thread Greg Freemyer
in the vanilla kernels?. ie. I doubt that vendors are patching this behavior. Thanks Greg -- Greg Freemyer On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 15:39:51 +0100 (CET), Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * merge idedisk_read_native_max_address() and idedisk_read_native_max_address_ext

Re: [patch ide-dev 3/9] merge LBA28 and LBA48 Host Protected Area support code

2005-02-24 Thread Greg Freemyer
On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 17:30:55 +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 24 February 2005 17:10, Greg Freemyer wrote: I have generic question about HPA, not the patch. I have noticed with a SUSE 2.6.8 vendor kernel, the HPA behavior is not consistent. Please