hdparm and old hard drive [INACTIVE]

[videojohnh]

I have an old 486 computer with a 400 MB Maxtor hard drive, and as soon as hdparm loads, the harddrive shuts down, and does not spin up again. I have had to load BFW without hdparm, and that works ok. Is there a way to make hdparm work with an old hard drive like this?

[Claudio]

Most probably your hd does not support hdparm.