[oclug]hdparm question

[Brad Barnett]

On Sat, 26 Oct 2002 07:06:54 -0400
"Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier at storm.ca> wrote:

>     Careful playing with those options. Read the manpage fully, and do
>     it in
> single-user mode. Toasting one's harddrive with hdparm is not difficult.
> My wife has done it once already. 
> 
>     Mike
> 

The above should be clarified a bit.  Toasting the *data* on one's hard
drive is not difficult with careless hdparm ise.  Toasting the hard drive
is only possible if the hard drive manufacturer has some *massive* flaw
designed into it.