Re: kernel options and debug mode


Subject: Re: kernel options and debug mode
From: Jim Gribbin (jgribbin@alaska.net)
Date: Sun Feb 24 2002 - 21:55:44 AKST


I would think you could add:

        append="hdc=bswap'"

to lilo.conf

Jim

On Sun, 2002-02-24 at 11:50, Grant Stockly wrote:
>
> 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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