Hmmm. I do not have sdparm on my system. Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 #1 SMP Sat Jan 10 17:57:00 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux Is this the same functionality as the hdparm utility? -----Original Message----- From: linux-raid-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-raid-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mario 'BitKoenig' Holbe Sent: 09 September 2009 12:05 To: linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: mdadm and TLER (Time Limited Error Recovery) Simon Jackson <sjackson@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > In my case I am using Seagate and Hitachi drives. > Please can anyone tell me how I would go about setting timeout values on these types of drive. Are there utility programs to do this or a Linux Well, my Seagates have a RTL (Recovery time limit (ms)) field in the rw (Read write error recovery) mode page. You could try something like `sdparm -W RTL=7000 /dev/sdX' to set it to 7 seconds. I don't know if it works, I didn't test it, use it at your own risk! Do a backup before, it could blow up your disk or even the universe :) Tell us if it worked :) regards Mario -- () Ascii Ribbon Campaign /\ Support plain text e-mail -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
