On Fri, Jul 08 2005, Bodo Eggert wrote: > Clemens Koller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Well, sure, it's not a notebook HDD, but maybe it's possible > > to give headpark a more generic way to get the heads parked? > > I remember my old MFM HDD, which had a Landing Zone stored in the BIOS to > which the park command would seek. Maybe you could do something similar > and park the head on the last cylinder if the other options fail.
Yeah, in ancient times you would simply issue a SEEK to the landing zone and the drive would park. Those days are long gone. The SEEK is just a hint anyways, with the sophisticated caching that drives do today I wouldn't rely on it doing anything reliable. -- Jens Axboe - 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/
