Re[2]: [expert] 'Use hard drive optimizations' does what?

[Rusty Carruth]

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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