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On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 14:40:00 +0200
S=F8ren Schmidt <sos@DeepCore.dk> wrote:

 [ ... ]

> > I am using ATAIDLE (/usr/ports/sysutils/ataidle) with the mounted disks=
=20
> > if this matters=85
>=20
> Hmm, you will get a timeout on the disks if they spun down since they'll=
=20
> have to get wacked to come back to life.
> At any rate the number of problem reports on using ataidle in this setup=
=20
> is increasing so my standpoint of it being a bad idea and keeping it out=
=20
> of ATA as such seems to hold ;)

 Hmm, I have a different experience: Since I=B4ve set with ataidle the AAC
to the  =A8Vendor Recommended" I don=B4t get hangs because of recalibration;
it is true that there where rare before.

Model:                  Maxtor 6Y120L0
Serial:                 Y32WEPTE
Firmware Rev:           YAR41BW0
ATA revision:           ATA-7

Model:                  WDC WD1600JB-00EVA0
Serial:                 WD-WCAEK1298992
Firmware Rev:           15.05R15
ATA revision:           ATA-6



--=20
IOnut
Unregistered ;) FreeBSD "user"