[ltp] Q: HD active protection sys for Linux???

[Mikkel Haack Nielsen]

This is the answer I received when I asked IBM tech support in Denmark.

<snip>
The APS system will require  APS software to be installed on the 
computer before it activates the harddrive parking . This means it will 
not work on systems preloaded with Linux.

Regards
IBM Technical Support
</snip>



Psychogios Dimitris, Qualco wrote:
> IBM hasn't released any technical details about it or even a driver...
> so an educated guess is that probably you cannot control its behaviour (like you can in windows with the utility)... However I think it doesn't have much to do with software anyway, so some basic functionality will be there...
> 
> 
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>>Hello,
>>Does Hard Drive active protection system available when 
>>running computer 
>>under Linux?
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