sdparm is similar to hdparm but meant to deal with SCSI devices (including SATA). Your repository should have it, or download & compile. On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 12:26 PM, Simon Jackson<sjackson@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > -- Majed B. -- 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
