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Jens Axboe wrote: > ATA7 defines a park maneuvre, I don't know how well supported it is > yet though. You can test with this little app, if it says 'head > parked' it works. If not, it has just idled the drive. Great! Thanks for digging this up - it works on my T42, using a Fujitsu MHT2080AH drive: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/work/ibm_hdaps> sudo ./headpark /dev/hda head parked Judging from the sound the drive makes, this is the same operation that the windows tool performs. However, the head does not remain parked for a very long time, especially if there is a lot of disk activity going on (I tested it by running a "find /" in parallel). The head parks, but leaves the park position immediately afterwards again. I guess now we need to find a way to "nail" the head into the parking position for some time - otherwise it may already be on its way back to the platter before the laptop hits the ground... Thanks again - this is another helpful bit in getting all the pieces together. Bye, LenZ - -- - ------------------------------------------------------------------ Lenz Grimmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -o) [ICQ: 160767607 | Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /\\ http://www.lenzg.org/ V_V -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCzOqlSVDhKrJykfIRAlm0AJ9WvadtsxAdLdTCe40N/KDbvSLf5wCdEWWA OsiXzwFjziNuKvK5HKSMjb4= =qXXH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/