On Sun, 16 Mar 2008, tom arnall wrote: > well, i did 'hdprm -B 255' and let the thing sit overnight. the next day the > number of load cycles was ~300 as best i can remember. did the same thing > with same results for 'hdprm -B 254'.
You must make sure something else is not resetting it (like a thinkpad BIOS). Search for HD APM in http://www.thinkwiki.org for details on when a BIOS would usually do this. Read the linux-thinkpad mailinglist archives (its address is in the mailinglists page of http://www.thinkwiki.org) for more details. It is also useful to know which HD, and in which platform (motherboard/laptop) you're having problems on. Also, make sure you are running the latest BIOS released by your vendor. Oh, and if it is a thinkpad HD, *check for the availability of HD firmware upgrades*. Although, by now, it looks like your driver has spent >90% of its designed head unload lifetime, so I'd just call in for a replacement under warranty (complain it is making strange noises too often -- it is not a lie, as it will be making "click" noises due to the constant head unloading) if possible. -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
