On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 15:20:42 -0300, Trevor Smith <trevor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Old, no. I bought the laptop this summer, new at Futureshop. It was near the > end of the product's lifecycle, I'd wager, since it was discounted and I > don't see them for sale anymore, but it was brand new. Is it possible that you need to force a UDMA mode, using the -X paramater in hdparm? I've never had to do that, but you can 'man hdparm' and read what it says about the -X parameter. Maybe others here have more experience with that, I've never had to use the -X option. BTW, thanks Alexander, for pointing out /etc/sysconfig/harddisks. Good to know. -- --------- Ben Brown xthor0@xxxxxxxxx http://www.xthorsworld.com
