Harald Staub, 2002-Oct-15 08:18 +0200: > > I have just disabled noflushd, after seeing all the interesting information > in this thread and after some estimations. > > My Inspiron 4100 has a battery with 59Wh. With my kind of work, I can > expect that this is enough for about 3h, so it needs about 20W. The disk > needs about 2W. So if I was able to half that, my consumption would fall to > 19W, or I would gain about 10 minutes. In my case, I think this is not > worth the disadvantages for the disk, which I overlooked first. > > Harry
I have a Latitude CPx J series and the battery savings haven't been noticeable for me. However, I will continue to use noflushd because this HDD is so loud it drives my nuts after awhile. When it spins down I immediately feel a sense of relief? So, noflushd is a means of stress reduction...ought to add that to it's description :-) ! jc -- Jeff Coppock Systems Engineer Diggin' Debian Admin and User
