Drive protection needed?

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#1

Hi guys.
It may not surprise you, but beside my servers I own a bunch of laptops running differnt systems. Now this is a question for Linux/openSuse only: Do I need some kind of drive protection software in case a notebook drops? If so, which one can you recommend?

Oh, and for all Windows-People: Use ThinkVantage drive protection: It’s awesome. lol!

TheMask.***

#2

Hi
I think that is only implemented on IBM notebooks? There is a module
but don’t think its in the kernel yet. I’m sure there was a post in the
forum about this, but can’t remember where… :frowning:

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (i586) Kernel 2.6.27.15-2-default
up 1 day 22:35, 1 user, load average: 0.26, 0.14, 0.24
GPU GeForce 6600 TE/6200 TE - Driver Version: 180.35

#3

Hi
Have a read here;
How
to protect the harddisk through APS

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (i586) Kernel 2.6.27.15-2-default
up 1 day 22:43, 1 user, load average: 0.24, 0.15, 0.20
GPU GeForce 6600 TE/6200 TE - Driver Version: 180.35

#4

Thanks, I very much appreciate you answer to this important question - but isn’t there some easy OCI around? Lemme look…
How about THIS ONE? Would that work? I’ll try…

TheMask.

#5

Hi
Just checked, the module is already in the latest kernel;


/sbin/modinfo hdaps

filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.27.19-3.2-pae/kernel/drivers/hwmon/hdaps.ko
license:        GPL v2
description:    IBM Hard Drive Active Protection System (HDAPS) driver
author:         Robert Love
srcversion:     CA7301F49D991309A63E0DB
depends:        input-polldev
vermagic:       2.6.27.19-3.2-pae SMP mod_unload modversions 586
parm:           invert:invert data along each axis (bool)

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (i586) Kernel 2.6.27.15-2-default
up 1 day 23:21, 1 user, load average: 0.44, 0.15, 0.15
GPU GeForce 6600 TE/6200 TE - Driver Version: 180.35

#6

Means I didn’t need to install the above mentioned package?
What happens if I uninstall it? Will the importnat module be removed from the kernel? I’ll try… :wink:

THANKS FOR HELPING!

TheMask.

#7

Hi
Yes, you should be able to remove. Then just run the modinfo command to
ensure it’s using the kernel one.

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (i586) Kernel 2.6.27.15-2-default
up 1 day 23:48, 2 users, load average: 0.12, 0.09, 0.22
GPU GeForce 6600 TE/6200 TE - Driver Version: 180.35

#8

Well, I just removed the package via YAST, where I sewlected it. Hope that’s ok. As for your patience: Once again, I need to thank you and click the button. :wink:

TheMask.***