> I have a Toshiba MK-4006MAV laptop drive. When 2.2 boots, it reports the drive
> as having a 0k buffer. The specs for the drive list the buffer as 512k.
Many drives use the so called buffer storing the firmware; however, it is
unusual that one would require all of the 512k. Most notable is the
Fujitsu Drives that have a 256k buffer that reports as ZERO.
> Is this a known problem drive or is it broken in the kernel or is my drive just
> broken. (The latter may be true, but I have no reliable way to verify this.)
Not broken, just a "Toshiba laptop"............see page one of message
at www.linuxhq.com...........you may want to find another laptop.
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