Installing Debian Sid on a ThinkPad T500 - Revision history

Mgherzan: /* Hard drive issues */

2009-02-06T18:44:54Z

‎Hard drive issues

2009-01-29T23:52:18Z

‎Hard drive issues

2009-01-29T23:50:08Z

‎Hard drive issues

2009-01-29T23:48:01Z

‎HDAPS

2009-01-29T23:42:59Z

‎Before installation

2009-01-29T23:35:02Z

‎Hard drive

2009-01-29T23:34:32Z

‎Hard drive issues

2009-01-29T23:30:56Z

‎Hard drive issues

2009-01-29T23:30:37Z

‎Hard drive issues

2009-01-29T23:26:52Z

‎Hard drive issues

← Older revision		Revision as of 18:44, 6 February 2009
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	* install '''hdaps-utils'''		* install '''hdaps-utils'''

−	~~=== Hard drive issues ===~~
−	~~Running ''hdparm -i /dev/sda'' prints the exact model and firmware version of the disk (Seagate Momentus 5400.4 SATA 250GB):~~
−	~~Model=ST9250827AS , FwRev=3.CMF~~

−	~~I modified (in the kernel header ata.h) the ata_id_has_unload() to print the hex value of the ATA_ID_CFSSE word (Command Feature/Set Supported Extension). The result was:~~
−	~~[ 3.910056] ata: CFSSE 4000~~
−
−	According to the ATA-7 spec, the 13th bit should be 1 if the drive supports "IDLE IMMEDIATE with UNLOAD FEATURE", and here it is not the case. Therefore, it is quite clear that the drive is reporting it has no support for the feature.
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−	However, doing a manual write to the sysfs file (like ''echo 10000 > /sys/block/sda/device/unload_heads'') does NOT cause an error and causes the drive to park the heads (the specific sound is clearly audible).
−
−	~~All in all, hdapsd has the expected behavior, regardless of the hard drive bug.~~

	= Not working =		= Not working =

← Older revision		Revision as of 23:52, 29 January 2009
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	All in all, hdapsd has the expected behavior, regardless of the hard drive bug.		All in all, hdapsd has the expected behavior, regardless of the hard drive bug.
−	~~'''Bold text'''~~

	= Not working =		= Not working =

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   [    3.910056] ata: CFSSE 4000
-According to the ATA-7 spec, the 13th bit should be 1 if the drive supports "IDLE IMMEDIATE with UNLOAD FEATURE", and here it is not the case. Therefore, it is quite clear that the drive reports it has no support for the feature.
+According to the ATA-7 spec, the 13th bit should be 1 if the drive supports "IDLE IMMEDIATE with UNLOAD FEATURE", and here it is not the case. Therefore, it is quite clear that the drive is reporting it has no support for the feature.
 However, doing a manual write to the sysfs file (like ''echo 10000 > /sys/block/sda/device/unload_heads'') does NOT cause an error and causes the drive to park the heads (the specific sound is clearly audible).

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 * watchdog timer (iTCO_wdt kernel module and the watchdog daemon)
-= HDAPS =
+== HDAPS ==
 The source package in the sid repository for tp_smapi is a bit outdated, so I compiled and installed using the [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1212&package_id=171579 tarball] for SourceForge.
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 * install '''hdaps-utils'''
-== Hard drive issues ==
+=== Hard drive issues ===
-Running ''hdparm -i /dev/sda'' gave me the exact model and firmware version of the disk (Seagate Momentus 5400.4 SATA 250GB):
+Running ''hdparm -i /dev/sda'' prints the exact model and firmware version of the disk (Seagate Momentus 5400.4 SATA 250GB):
   Model=ST9250827AS                             , FwRev=3.CMF
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 All in all, hdapsd has the expected behavior, regardless of the hard drive bug.
 = Not working =

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-= Before installation =
+= Before the installation =
-I switched to "discrete graphics" (Intel 4500MHD) in the BIOS. I didn't want to use with the ATI card because of the driver issues. After installation, I reverted to "switchable graphics" and it works well.
+I switched to "discrete graphics" (Intel 4500MHD) in the BIOS. I didn't want to use with the ATI card because of the driver issues. After the installation, I reverted to "switchable graphics" and it works well.
 = Installation =

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   Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
-== Hard drive ==
 = Before installation =

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   [    3.910056] ata: CFSSE 4000
-According to the ATA-7 spec, the 13th bit should be 1 if the drive supports "IDLE IMMEDIATE with UNLOAD FEATURE", and it here it is not the case. Therefore it is quite clear that the drive reports it has no support the feature.
+According to the ATA-7 spec, the 13th bit should be 1 if the drive supports "IDLE IMMEDIATE with UNLOAD FEATURE", and it here it is not the case. Therefore it is quite clear that the drive reports it has no support for the feature.
 However, doing a manual write to the sysfs file (like ''echo 10000 > /sys/block/sda/device/unload_heads'') does NOT cause an error and causes the drive to park the heads (the specific sound is clearly audible).