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Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:06:58 -0500 From: Mark Lord <lkml@....ca> To: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de> Cc: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br>, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>, John Fremlin <not@...t.any.name>, kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, htejun@...il.com, jim.kardach@...el.com Subject: Re: HD head unloads Jan Engelhardt wrote: > > Let me jump in here. Short info: Toshiba MK2003GAH 1.8" 20GB > PATA harddisk, in a Sony Vaio U3 (x86, gray-blue PhoenixBIOS). > If idle for more than 5 secs, unloads. Even when not inside any OS, > which really sets me off. > So I wrote a quick workaround hack for Linux, http://tinyurl.com/y3qs6g > It reads a predefined amount of bytes (just as much to not cause > slowdown yet still cause it to not unload) from the disk at fixed > intervals. Thanks for the info. Jan, in your specific case, can you not "fix it" properly with: hdparm -B255 /dev/?d? (fill in your drive device there). ??? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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