Messages in this thread | | | From | jbradford@dial ... | Subject | Re: hdparm -Y hangup | Date | Mon, 23 Sep 2002 10:44:23 +0100 (BST) |
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> Hrm, OK thanks for the info. Perhaps it should be removed > from hdparm or a (DANGEROUS) put beside the description > until it's fixed.
The person to contact would be Mark Lord, the hdparm maintainer, (see the hdparm manual page for his E-Mail address).
> > Incidently, I think you mean: > > > > On RH7.3 (2.4.18-3) if I do: > > $ hdparm -y /dev/hda > > $ do stuff and disk spins up > > $ hdparm -Y /dev/hda > > $ everything hangs waiting for disk > > > > with a lower case y for the first example. > > No it seemed to wake up correctly the first time with -Y.
That *is* strange.
> As you say -y works always.
On the systems I have tried it, yes - I'm not saying it always works.
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