On 07 Jan 2003, Elijah wrote: > Hi! > > I've been having problems with my second drive (hdd) since everytime I > browse through it pauses on occasion and gives some I/O errors. I > somehow solved it with hdparm: > hdparm -c 1 /dev/hdd > hdparm -d 1 /dev/hdd > hdparm -k 1 /dev/hdd > > I'm quite sure the -k option will keep these settings for my hdd but > after reboot, it did'nt. So it made me look for rc.local to put these > commands to, but I just can't find it(?). I put them commands to > /etc/rc.boot/ and made a script there with the commands. Everything > seems to go well. But to make sure ... am what I doing alright? is this > the proper way to setup my hdd? > > Elijah
You can just add the rc.local script yourself to /etc/init.d and then run update-rc.d to make the links. I'd be a bit worried about the hard disk, which sounds as if it might be going to pack up soon. Make sure that everything important there is backed up. AC -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] || http://www.acampbell.org.uk using Linux GNU/Debian || for book reviews, electronic Windows-free zone || books and skeptical articles -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
