IBM^H^H^HHitachi disk tools (was Re: Disabling ATAPI retry?)

[Barry K. Nathan]

On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 11:01:12PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> There isn't. You can always build a kernel set not to, but even then it
> takes the drive firmware a sizeable time to retry a block. If its an IBM
> you might want to try the ibm tools on them if you can get them. They 
> seem to have vanished from the face of the earth when IBM dumped its disk
> business 

Actually, IBM dumped its disk business to Hitachi, and that's where the
tools went too:
http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm

They say "HITACHI" instead of "IBM" but otherwise they're the same tools
with the same user interface and same functionality.

-Barry K. Nathan <[e-mail]>