Re: [Hdaps-devel] RE: Head parking (was: IBM HDAPS things are looking up)

2005-07-07 Thread Erik Mouw
On Thu, Jul 07, 2005 at 11:45:38AM -0700, Martin Knoblauch wrote: > If IBM would provide a CD image (bootable ISO) containing FW for all > supported drives - that would be great. No need for the "other OS" any > more. I can imagine IBM doesn't do that because in that way you can't update the

Re: [Hdaps-devel] RE: Head parking (was: IBM HDAPS things are looking up)

2005-07-07 Thread Martin Knoblauch
--- Erik Mouw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 07, 2005 at 11:45:38AM -0700, Martin Knoblauch wrote: > > If IBM would provide a CD image (bootable ISO) containing FW for > all > > supported drives - that would be great. No need for the "other OS" > any > > more. > > I can imagine IBM

Re: [Hdaps-devel] RE: Head parking (was: IBM HDAPS things are looking up)

2005-07-07 Thread Martin Knoblauch
--- Dave Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have the feeling that this will work for many T4[012]p? users: > > http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TPAD-HDFIRM > Actually, I think your feeling is wrong. Looking at the readme.txt it seems version 7.1 of the

Re: [Hdaps-devel] RE: Head parking (was: IBM HDAPS things are looking up)

2005-07-07 Thread Shawn Starr
You can take the .exe file and turn this into a bootable CD (using a RW CD) I forgot how I did it, but if I remember correctly, I took a floppy dos image and made that into the boot 'stub' and threw the exe into the CD (a la El-Torito). I flashed the disk firmware once since I got the laptop.

Re: [Hdaps-devel] RE: Head parking (was: IBM HDAPS things are looking up)

2005-07-07 Thread Martin Knoblauch
--- Dave Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2005-07-07 at 10:14 -0700, Martin Knoblauch wrote: > > Basically I saw that the only difference between me and Pekka was > the > > FW (discounting the different CPU speed and Kernel version). I > googled > > around and found the IBM FW page

Re: [Hdaps-devel] RE: Head parking (was: IBM HDAPS things are looking up)

2005-07-07 Thread Dave Hansen
On Thu, 2005-07-07 at 10:14 -0700, Martin Knoblauch wrote: > Basically I saw that the only difference between me and Pekka was the > FW (discounting the different CPU speed and Kernel version). I googled > around and found the IBM FW page at: > >

Re: [Hdaps-devel] Re: Head parking (was: IBM HDAPS things are looking up)

2005-07-07 Thread Shawn Starr
Model: HTS548080M9AT00 (Hitachi) Laptop: T42. segfault:/home/spstarr# ./a /dev/hda head parked Seems to park, heard it click :) Shawn. On July 7, 2005 04:48, Jens Axboe wrote: > On Thu, Jul 07 2005, Lenz Grimmer wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Hi, > > > >

Re: [Hdaps-devel] Re: Head parking (was: IBM HDAPS things are looking up)

2005-07-07 Thread Lenz Grimmer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Jens Axboe wrote: > Very cool, I wasn't sure if this was a 'new' feature waiting to be > implemented in drives or if ata7 just documented existing use in some > drives. > > How long did the park take? Spec states it can take up to 500ms.

Re: [Hdaps-devel] Re: Head parking (was: IBM HDAPS things are looking up)

2005-07-07 Thread Lenz Grimmer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Jens Axboe wrote: Very cool, I wasn't sure if this was a 'new' feature waiting to be implemented in drives or if ata7 just documented existing use in some drives. How long did the park take? Spec states it can take up to 500ms. Hard to

Re: [Hdaps-devel] Re: Head parking (was: IBM HDAPS things are looking up)

2005-07-07 Thread Shawn Starr
Model: HTS548080M9AT00 (Hitachi) Laptop: T42. segfault:/home/spstarr# ./a /dev/hda head parked Seems to park, heard it click :) Shawn. On July 7, 2005 04:48, Jens Axboe wrote: On Thu, Jul 07 2005, Lenz Grimmer wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Jens Axboe

Re: [Hdaps-devel] RE: Head parking (was: IBM HDAPS things are looking up)

2005-07-07 Thread Dave Hansen
On Thu, 2005-07-07 at 10:14 -0700, Martin Knoblauch wrote: Basically I saw that the only difference between me and Pekka was the FW (discounting the different CPU speed and Kernel version). I googled around and found the IBM FW page at:

Re: [Hdaps-devel] RE: Head parking (was: IBM HDAPS things are looking up)

2005-07-07 Thread Martin Knoblauch
--- Dave Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2005-07-07 at 10:14 -0700, Martin Knoblauch wrote: Basically I saw that the only difference between me and Pekka was the FW (discounting the different CPU speed and Kernel version). I googled around and found the IBM FW page at:

Re: [Hdaps-devel] RE: Head parking (was: IBM HDAPS things are looking up)

2005-07-07 Thread Shawn Starr
You can take the .exe file and turn this into a bootable CD (using a RW CD) I forgot how I did it, but if I remember correctly, I took a floppy dos image and made that into the boot 'stub' and threw the exe into the CD (a la El-Torito). I flashed the disk firmware once since I got the laptop.

Re: [Hdaps-devel] RE: Head parking (was: IBM HDAPS things are looking up)

2005-07-07 Thread Martin Knoblauch
--- Dave Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have the feeling that this will work for many T4[012]p? users: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TPAD-HDFIRM Actually, I think your feeling is wrong. Looking at the readme.txt it seems version 7.1 of the upgrade

Re: [Hdaps-devel] RE: Head parking (was: IBM HDAPS things are looking up)

2005-07-07 Thread Martin Knoblauch
--- Erik Mouw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Jul 07, 2005 at 11:45:38AM -0700, Martin Knoblauch wrote: If IBM would provide a CD image (bootable ISO) containing FW for all supported drives - that would be great. No need for the other OS any more. I can imagine IBM doesn't do that

Re: [Hdaps-devel] RE: Head parking (was: IBM HDAPS things are looking up)

2005-07-07 Thread Erik Mouw
On Thu, Jul 07, 2005 at 11:45:38AM -0700, Martin Knoblauch wrote: If IBM would provide a CD image (bootable ISO) containing FW for all supported drives - that would be great. No need for the other OS any more. I can imagine IBM doesn't do that because in that way you can't update the firmware