From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1GyTQK-0007o4-6M for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 24 Dec 2006 13:29:56 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id kBODRern026048; Sun, 24 Dec 2006 13:27:41 GMT Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.174]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kBODPWGB014995 for ; Sun, 24 Dec 2006 13:25:33 GMT Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id z38so3293607ugc for ; Sun, 24 Dec 2006 05:25:32 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=otBTFA/+vGbd8N/HinGpGWx/JNOOUZ02lVgII1QNa/jyIR9pHcyg5lN3/OII0EEdcCmUSR4fx0k0rA+dLkS3pb52/5p7eyCZG4v0Ae6kbXY+XctdSgVeN8d5zrXhSMWCADP2ETZZWsqXAewg3aXrLdaYzC9+Y9ylc4eHfWkRxnA= Received: by 10.78.204.7 with SMTP id b7mr2034031hug.1166966732272; Sun, 24 Dec 2006 05:25:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.0.5? ( [213.162.120.196]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id 37sm15828186hua.2006.12.24.05.25.31; Sun, 24 Dec 2006 05:25:31 -0800 (PST) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Follow-up on the HDD problems... Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 13:25:19 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 References: <458D03AB.1050409@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <458D03AB.1050409@comcast.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1282585.spav31nZZZ"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200612241325.22352.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 39c75cc2-dec1-409e-b103-20289ad7e455 X-Archives-Hash: 66a4b4b1f633207bb8e20ef5130e9f4a --nextPart1282585.spav31nZZZ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Saturday 23 December 2006 10:23, Chris Walters wrote: > Some of you may remember the problem I was having with my SATA II HDD in > Windows XP (but not in Linux). To recap: My drive got switched from > UDMA mode to PIO mode in Windows (only). I ended up having to reinstall > Windows. > > After some careful investigation, I found that the problem was caused by > the copy protection of a game - Superpower 2. Worse, the problem was > not corrected when I removed the game. It took either a full reinstall > of the OS, or a restoration of the windows registry from before I > installed the game to fix this problem. > > I know that this will not affect dedicated Linux users, but it can > affect those of you who use both windows and Linux. I've never heard of such a case before! I can't even begin to understand w= hy=20 copy protection will screw up an OS' settings. Have you complained to the= =20 game's suppliers? Following Sony's screw-up with their copy protection=20 trojan it may be time to start asking for compensation from all game coders= =20 out there who take liberties with your OS (even if half the problem may wel= l=20 lie with the particular OS?). =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart1282585.spav31nZZZ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBFjn/C5Fp0QerLYPcRAs8oAKDL7HoQG5JzcL7U3Oz59tNNm+s4ZgCfe+vJ /9+Cm4drtvafzC0RmEMMyL0= =+506 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1282585.spav31nZZZ-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list