Do you have latest bios? Did you try current snapshot? Where's the dmesg, pcidump -v, atactl identify and maybe other outputs?
On 9/3/11, Steve <scha...@aei.ca> wrote: > Hi all, > > I've got a strange situation with OpenBSD 4.9 on a new laptop, an Acer > Aspire 1430 with an Hitachi 500 GB SATA disk, model HTS545050B9A300. > When shutting down, OpenBSD does not spin down the disk, resulting in an > "emergency unload" according to Smart terminology. Until I can resolve > this issue, I've uninstalled OpenBSD from it, since smartctl reports in > Slackware that there have been 17 "Power-off Retract" events so far, > which could damage the disk in the long run. However I would really love > to run OpenBSD on my laptop for the simple reason that I love it so much > more than Linux. > > Can anyone suggest what I could do to stop this from happening? I found > a discussion on a FreeBSD mailing list identifying and trying to resolve > the exact same thing through kernel recompilations: > > http://freebsd.1045724.n5.nabble.com/Re-Spin-down-HDD-after-disk-sync-or-befo re-power-off-td4043068.html > > However, neither using FreeBSD nor patching the OpenBSD kernel would be > a preferred choice for me. I'm sure there must be a simpler solution, > maybe a sysctl setting I'm over-looking...? I've tried both IDE and AHCI > modes in the BIOS with the same results. > > Thanks, > > Steve Schaller > > -- b If youbre good at something, never do it for free.b B bThe Joker
