[ltp] Re: T41, cdrom, 2nd hard drive in ultra bay

Tasmanian D linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 05 Jan 2005 13:51:47 +0200


André Wyrwa wrote:
>> On Di, 2005-01-04 at 13:31 -0500, Volker Braun wrote:
>> 
>>>Ultrabay hot swap does work. Google for the idectl script (or the right
>>>hdparm parameters) to turn ide channels on/off. If you want to automatize
>>>everything, the ultrabay lever emits an acpi signal. Your acpi scripts can
>>>then react to that.
>> 
>> 
>> What machine do you have and what kernel are you running? On my system
>> hdparm never managed to suspend the device.
>> 
>> André.
> 
 >
 >try ibm-acpi (http://ibm-acpi.sourceforge.net/)
 >#echo eject >http://ibm-acpi.sourceforge.net/
.
oops, i mean
#echo eject >/proc/acpi/ibm/bay
.
BRGDS,
Tasmanian