Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 23 Feb 1998 14:45:26 -0800 | From | Joel Klecker <> | Subject | Re: ATAPI CDROM error message |
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At 01:52 -0600 1998-02-23, Jon Torrez wrote: >On Mon, 23 Feb 1998 mharris@ican.net wrote: > ><WWW>I keep getting the following error when trying to change my CDROM ><WWW>motor spindown timer. Any ideas what could be causing it? ><WWW>Kernel bug? Shitty hardware? My guess is that it is the latter. ><WWW> ><WWW> ><WWW> ><WWW>3 capslock:/stuff/hdparm-3.3# hdparm -S 0 /dev/hdd > >Well my friend it seems that your saying spin down every 0 seconds after >inactivity.
Wrong, the man page for hdparm says that an argument of 0 to -S means disable spin down entirely. However, CD-ROM drives are not hard drives, and don't usuallty allow their spin down time to be altered.
-- Joel "Espy" Klecker Debian GNU/Linux Developer <mailto:jk@espy.org> <http://www.espy.org/> <ftp://ftp.espy.org/pub> God shows his contempt for wealth by the kind of person He selects to receive it. -- Austin O'Malley (1858-1952)
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