The hdparm init script contains an error. I would like to submit the patch but don't know how to, so I will describe the fix. The last few lines read now: start() { if [[ -e /dev/.devfs ]] && [[ -d /dev/ide ]] ; then scan_devfs else scan_nondevfs the filename /dev/.devfs should be changed into /dev/.devfsd
thanks for the heads up, now fixed in cvs