[ltp] TP600X disc problem

[Marek Pawelec]

Hello.

I use TP600X dual boot with RH9 (earlier 7.3) and win 98 on 12 GB
Hitachi hd. While I don't have any problems with it running windows,
there is one problem with linux.

The problem is, my hd sometimes stops (I can hear that). If it happens
under linux, the machine freezes, and all I can do is hard reset (even
power-off doesn't work). I suspect that this has something to do with
the hd settings(power management?), but I'm affraid to mess with that. 
Can anyone suggest better settings? 

Below is the output of hdparm -I 

/dev/hda:

ATA device, with non-removable media
	Model Number:       HITACHI_DK23AA-12B                      
	Serial Number:      H83490
	Firmware Revision:  00XDA0B6
Standards:
	Used: ATA/ATAPI-5 T13 1321D revision 1 
	Supported: 5 4 3 2 
Configuration:
	Logical		max	current
	cylinders	16383	16383
	heads		15	15
	sectors/track	63	63
	--
	CHS current addressable sectors:   15481935
	LBA    user addressable sectors:   23572080
	device size with M = 1024*1024:       11509 MBytes
	device size with M = 1000*1000:       12068 MBytes (12 GB)
Capabilities:
	LBA, IORDY(cannot be disabled)
	bytes avail on r/w long: 4	Queue depth: 1
	Standby timer values: spec'd by Vendor, no device specific minimum
	R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16	Current = 16
	Advanced power management level: 159 (0x9f)
	DMA: sdma0 sdma1 sdma2 mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 *udma2 udma3 udma4 
	     Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns
	PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 
	     Cycle time: no flow control=400ns  IORDY flow control=120ns
Commands/features:
	Enabled	Supported:
	   *	READ BUFFER cmd
	   *	WRITE BUFFER cmd
	   *	Host Protected Area feature set
	   *	Look-ahead
	   *	Write cache
	   *	Power Management feature set
		Security Mode feature set
	   *	SMART feature set
		Address Offset Reserved Area Boot
	   *	Advanced Power Management feature set
Security: 
	Master password revision code = 65534
		supported
	not	enabled
	not	locked
		frozen
	not	expired: security count
		supported: enhanced erase
	22min for SECURITY ERASE UNIT. 22min for ENHANCED SECURITY ERASE UNIT.
HW reset results:
	CBLID- above Vih
	Device num = 0 determined by the jumper
Checksum: correct
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