Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:15:15 -0400 | | From | Stephen Clark <> | | Subject | Re: Loud "pop" coming from hard drive on reboot |
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Chuck Ebbert wrote:
>Stephen Clark wrote: > > >>Mark Lord wrote: >> >> >> >>>Mark Lord wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>With the patch applied, I don't see *any* new activity in those >>>>S.M.A.R.T. >>>>attributes over multiple hibernates (Linux "suspend-to-disk"). >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>Scratch that -- operator failure. ;) >>>The patch makes no difference over hibernates in the SMART logs. >>> >>>It's still logging extra Power-Off_Retract_Count pegs, >>>which it DID NOT USED TO DO not so long ago. >>> >>>Now I'll poke at the shutdown again. >>> >>>Meanwhile, Stephen: Could you try without this line in the patched file: >>> >>> case ATA_16: >>>+ dev->needs_sync_cache = 1; >>> >>>Ie. comment out that last "dev->needs_sync_cache" line. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>No joy - even with that line commented out I get a click and my >>Power-Off_Retract_Count has incremented. >> >> >> > >I found a solution of sorts on Fedora 6: > > >Edit /etc/rc0.d/S01halt, changing the third-from-last line so it reads: > >HALTARGS="-d -h -n" > >Then use the halt(8) command to shut down and turn off the power manually. >No click and the "retract" counter does not increment. (Even this procedure >incremented the counter until I changed the script.) > >Seems safe, using the IDE drivers, since they sync the cache anyway. > > > > Hi Chuck,
I got a chance to try this and it works for me also. No pop and my retract counter does not increment.
Steve
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