Re: [IDE bug] hdparm lockup

Andries Brouwer (aebr@win.tue.nl)
Thu, 25 Jul 2002 14:54:29 +0200


On Wed, Jul 24, 2002 at 10:43:46PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:

> quad:/home/akpm> 0 hdparm -i /dev/hdc
>
> /dev/hdc:
> HDIO_GETGEO_BIG failed: Invalid argument
> (what's this?)

Your hdparm uses an ioctl that doesnt exist (anymore).
Change to HDIO_GETGEO.

> The command
>
> hdparm -d1 -A1 -m16 -u1 -a64 /dev/hdc
>
> freezes the machine.

There I cannot help.
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