I had not yet upgraded to test11. , s/hdtune/hdparm/g
I think I am using journalling, as it's a laptop it's more likely to suddenly loose power. What dose this mean for noflushd? Are there any links or bug reports to track? --- Tim Connors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 6 Jan 2004, Micha Feigin wrote: > > > On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 01:36:48PM -0800, Mike Mestnik wrote: > > > I have a dell8900 and I can't seam to get the drive to spin down on > > > 2.6.0-test9. The drive > makes > > > a noticeable whine that can be heard across the room. I'd like the noise > > > to go away, that > is more > > > important than saving battery power for me. > > > > > > I'm using noflushd but it has no effect, I also tried hdtune. > > > > > > > Look at the -M option of hdparm: > > -M get/set acoustic management (0-254, 128: quiet, 254: fast) > > (EXPERIMENTAL) > > That'll do no good. > > -M just makes seeks slower. The OP is complaining about the constant whine > of the HD spinning. I would agree with him - my I4000 is really quite > disturbingly loud -- in a room full of computers. > > noflushd is the best solution, as long as you don't use journalling > filesystems - although there is currently work in that area (seek google > for "laptop-mode" kernel patches) > > Having said that, noflushd induces a bug in the kernel that is a killer > for me - threads become zombied after 43 minutes, eventually filling the > process table: > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=2060865&forum_id=4904 > > (gee, that mailing list has a lot of spam) > > > -- > TimC -- http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/staff/tconnors/ > The Klein-Gordon equation was derived by Schroedinger. > Hence its name. -- Peter Robinson, Rel. Quant. Mech Lecturer. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus
