Subject: kernel options and debug mode
From: Grant Stockly (grant@stockly.com)
Date: Sun Feb 24 2002 - 11:50:28 AKST
If I forget to type 'linux hdc=bswap' when the computer starts, is there a
way to enable byte swapping through something like hdparm? I looked at the
hdparm man page and it didn't reference to hdparm.
In file /proc/ide/hdX/settings there is an option bswap that is on a normal
machine '0'. My TiVo uses stupid byte swapping so when I copy the mpeg
video files off the hard drive I need everything to be byte swapped on the
ide transfers.
Also, if I drop the machine into the debugger, pull the power on the ide
drive, pull the data cable, and then drop out of debug mode will the
computer go crazy?
I've been hot swapping scsi drives on Macintoshes like this for about 5
years now. As long as the drive was unmounted, all went well.
Grant
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