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From: David P. <dm...@da...> - 2005-02-12 17:50:36
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On Saturday 12 February 2005 14:49, Iain William Wiseman wrote: > Hi David, > > Thanks for the quick response, 3:45 in morning in New Zealand and the > answer was...... > > Two problems, > > 1) Syntax > > - -d /dev/hdd is wrong > > Should be with the -d > hdtool -e eeprom -o LOCK /dev/hdd Yes, older hdtool versions had a -d. But I still dont get this bit: If you're running this in an xbox, you won't have /dev/hdd You would only= =20 have hda and hdb, as there is a single IDE channel only. If you're *NOT* running this in an xbox, you cannot specify -e eeprom. So one of those two is wrong, surely... > 2) Wrong kernel > The instructions do say 2.6.7. I used fc3 recompiled with taskfile. I > believe it is higher 2.6.8. I tried 2.6.10 and 2.6.11-rc2 and non > worked. However after download 2.6.7 it did. =46rankly, I think hdtool is a bit of a risk. Not because *it* is buggy, bu= t=20 because the IDE_CMD_TASKFILE ioctl it depends on is simply not to be truste= d=20 in some kernel versions. I would be more inclined to use Cromwell/Xromwell to lock and unlock hdds. David > > Iain |