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From: Peter Kieser <peter@kieser.ca>
Subject: Re: Use of WD20EARS with MDADM
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:01:22 -0700
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On 3/26/2010 1:59 PM, Mark Knecht wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Peter Kieser<peter@kieser.ca>  wrote:
> <SNIP>
>    
>> <SNIP>
>>      
> This seems to be a windows program? I don't see a Linux version in
> Gentoo portage.
>
> I could run Windows once to set it if the settings are then
> maintained, or do you have a Linux solution?
>
> - Mark
>    

It's a proprietary DOS application written by WDC that changes the 
settings on the hard drives firmware. The changes are permanent. You can 
boot off a USB key or floppy with DOS on it to run the application.

-Peter