[ltp] How does /proc/acpi/ibm/bay work

Tony Whitmore linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 01 Apr 2005 17:31:35 +0100


Michael Gaber wrote:

> very nice that this works 4 u, I always get
> 
> keksdose-mobile root # idectl 1 on
>  HDIO_SCAN_HWIF failed: Input/output error
> keksdose-mobile root # idectl 1 rescan
>  HDIO_SCAN_HWIF failed: Input/output error
> 
> this....

I've seen these messages on my system following re-insertion of the 
CD-RW drive. The drive still works though, which is odd. I have pulled 
large amounts of data off the drive, which implies it's working OK. 
(This is using the idectl I suggested earlier in the thread.)

Tony