Re: hard drive head parking in linux

[ichi@ihug.co.nz]

Jerry James Haumberger wrote:
> 
> I understand that early PC hard drives had to have 
> their heads parked when shut down, 

A blast from the past.  Yes, indeed, pre-IDE drives 
(two data cables) needed parking.  Over the years I've 
had several of these monsters.  I even installed a small
Linux on one (it had to be small 'cause the HD was only
20mb :-).  Did you know that the latest Slackware (8.1) 
still provides a stock kernel (xt.i) for such drives?
Imagine that: a 2.4.18 kernel on an old Seagate MFM.   

> Jerry... on a 486 DX2-50MHz with 8MB RAM in BasicLinux 1.7
> and Midnight Commander at the lab of Classic Systems, Ltd.

You gotta give credit to Jerry.  He doesn't just talk the
talk, he walks the walk.  A close reading of his message
header reveals that he is indeed using a minimalist mailer
for this list.

Cheers,
Steven

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