From: ichi@ihug.co.nz
To: Jerry James Haumberger <jerryjh@imt.net>
Cc: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: hard drive head parking in linux
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 17:58:08 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3DF62B30.61D34D7A@ihug.co.nz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 200212092132.OAA04397@cu.imt.net
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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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-12-10 17:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-12-09 21:36 hard drive head parking in linux Jerry James Haumberger
2002-12-10 17:58 ` ichi [this message]
2002-12-11 4:52 ` Ralph Gesler
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2002-12-10 18:12 Jerry James Haumberger
2002-12-10 20:58 ` Chuck Gelm
2002-12-11 8:53 ` ichi
2002-12-10 21:22 Jerry James Haumberger
2002-12-10 22:28 ` Chuck Gelm
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