Re: IBM HDAPS things are looking up

[Alejandro Bonilla]

Bodo Eggert wrote:

> Clemens Koller <clemens.koller@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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.
>  
This makes me wonder... If you replace the internal HD with a non IBM or 
IBM supported Hard Drive, will it still park the head and will it 
support all the stuff?

.Alejandro
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