Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 15 Nov 2006 11:58:00 +0100 (MET) | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | Subject | Re: HD head unloads |
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On Nov 14 2006 13:06, Mark Lord wrote: > 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?
No not really. The unload threshold only raises up to about 15 seconds.
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