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

Ragnar Hojland Espinosa linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 26 Nov 2004 11:23:49 +0100


On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 08:27:21PM +0100, Mikkel Haack Nielsen wrote:
> 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>

That is a good answer.  I started disassembling the dll and driver for
windows, and was too many code and glue around to figure out what was
going on on the driver part to reverse enigneer it without investing a
substantial amount of time.
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