On 10/14/07, Bart Samwel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just to be sure: you did use -S 60 to get 5 minutes, right?
Yes. And hdparm is kind enough to print: /dev/sda: setting standby to 60 (5 minutes) Here's a bizarre sequence which I just noticed: [extraneous blank lines removed for clarity] >> hdparm -C /dev/sd[abcde] /dev/sda: drive state is: standby /dev/sdb: drive state is: standby /dev/sdc: drive state is: standby /dev/sdd: drive state is: standby /dev/sde: drive state is: standby >> hdparm -S 60 /dev/sda /dev/sda: setting standby to 60 (5 minutes) >> hdparm -C /dev/sd[abcde] /dev/sda: drive state is: active/idle /dev/sdb: drive state is: active/idle /dev/sdc: drive state is: standby /dev/sdd: drive state is: standby /dev/sde: drive state is: standby Note that the -S 60 on /dev/sda affected /dev/sdb too! This is repeatable. I have these drives as RAID5 (software RAID). I don't know if that has anything to do with the failure of -S or not. Don't know if hdparm bypasses the RAID or not. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
