From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261745AbVGGS4I (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Jul 2005 14:56:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261587AbVGGSx7 (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Jul 2005 14:53:59 -0400 Received: from dtp.xs4all.nl ([80.126.206.180]:55080 "HELO abra2.bitwizard.nl") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261463AbVGGSvt (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Jul 2005 14:51:49 -0400 Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 20:51:45 +0200 From: Erik Mouw To: Martin Knoblauch Cc: Dave Hansen , abonilla@linuxwireless.org, "'Pekka Enberg'" , Linux Kernel Mailing List , axboe@suse.de, "'Pekka Enberg'" , hdaps devel Subject: Re: [Hdaps-devel] RE: Head parking (was: IBM HDAPS things are looking up) Message-ID: <20050707185145.GA3503@harddisk-recovery.com> References: <1120757693.5829.34.camel@localhost> <20050707184538.15647.qmail@web32605.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050707184538.15647.qmail@web32605.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Organization: Harddisk-recovery.com User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jul 07, 2005 at 11:45:38AM -0700, Martin Knoblauch wrote: > If IBM would provide a CD image (bootable ISO) containing FW for all > supported drives - that would be great. No need for the "other OS" any > more. I can imagine IBM doesn't do that because in that way you can't update the firmware of the CD/DVD drive. Bootable FreeDOS floppy images would be a nice idea, though. Erik (not a ThinkPad owner) -- +-- Erik Mouw -- www.harddisk-recovery.com -- +31 70 370 12 90 -- | Lab address: Delftechpark 26, 2628 XH, Delft, The Netherlands