Re: [Xbox-linux-user] Re: hdtool failed with seg fault

[David P. <dm...@da...>]

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=
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in some kernel versions.

I would be more inclined to use Cromwell/Xromwell to lock and unlock hdds.

David

>
> Iain