Could the people experiencing issues with this hardware, please give the attached copy of hdparm (pre-release) a go on their troublesome systems, and report back? This version uses ATA_12 for PACKET IDENTIFY and any subsequent commands to a PACKET device (CD, DVD, TAPE, etc..), and ATA_16 for everything else. With the caveat that the first command is nearly always an ATA_16 IDENTIFY command. A sector count of "1" is provided for all IDENTIFY / PACKET IDENTIFY commands, or at least that's the intent of the code. :) Thanks -- Mark Lord Real-Time Remedies Inc. mlord@xxxxxxxxx
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