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From: Bodo Eggert <harvested.in.lkml@posting.7eggert.dyndns.org>
Subject: Re: IBM HDAPS things are looking up (was: Re: [Hdaps-devel] Re: [ltp]  IBM HDAPS Someone interested? (Accelerometer))
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Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:56:08 +0200
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Clemens Koller <clemens.koller@anagramm.de> wrote:

> Well, sure, it's not a notebook HDD, but maybe it's possible
> to give headpark a more generic way to get the heads parked?

I remember my old MFM HDD, which had a Landing Zone stored in the BIOS to
which the park command would seek. Maybe you could do something similar
and park the head on the last cylinder if the other options fail.
-- 
Ich danke GMX dafür, die Verwendung meiner Adressen mittels per SPF
verbreiteten Lügen zu sabotieren.