Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 8 Mar 2001 00:34:50 -0500 (EST) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: 2.4.2 ext2 filesystem corruption ? (was 2.4.2: What happened ? (No |
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On Wed, 7 Mar 2001, Ben Greear wrote:
> However, messing with the hdparms options can do random things, at > least from my perspective as a user: It may bring exciting new performance > to your system, and it may subtly, or not so, corrupt your file system.
It's root-only. If you run unfamiliar stuff as root without thorough RTFM or choose to ignore "use with extreme caution" contained in the manpage - hdparm is the least of your problems. Think of it as evolution in action... Cheers, Al
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