Re: Castlewood EIDE *removable* disk vs 2.2.5

Perry Wagle (wagle@cse.ogi.edu)
Mon, 27 Sep 1999 16:35:01 -0700 (PDT)


>> hdc: CASTLEWOOD ORB2-E, ATA DISK drive
> It reports itself as a fixed drive. Tell Castlewood to fix it. If it supports
> media changes it is not an ATA fixed disk drive.

What should it report? (I can argue with them better if I have a suggestion)

-- Perry

PS. Without a disk inserted, the drive reports:

# /sbin/hdparm -i /dev/hdc

/dev/hdc:

Model=CASTLEWOOD ORB2-E, FwRev=USR-3.85, SerialNo=19G04A06
Config={ Fixed }
RawCHS=4273/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=38
BuffType=0(?), BuffSize=0kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=off
DblWordIO=no, maxPIO=240(?), DMA=yes, maxDMA=0(slow)
CurCHS=4273/16/63, CurSects=-1192230847, LBA=yes, LBAsects=4307184
tDMA={min:120,rec:120}, DMA modes: *mword2
IORDY=yes, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, PIO modes: mode3 mode4

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