Re: noflushd: making/having drives spin down.

2004-01-06 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 11:57:35AM -0800, Mike Mestnik wrote: > > Normally you should also be able to set up so that the > > laptop goes automatically to sleep when running out of > > power. With this setting, the only way to actually kill > > the computer is to let the battery run out, then let th

Re: noflushd: making/having drives spin down.

2004-01-06 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 11:57:35AM -0800, Mike Mestnik wrote: > > Normally you should also be able to set up so that the > > laptop goes automatically to sleep when running out of > > power. With this setting, the only way to actually kill > > the computer is to let the battery run out, then let th

Re: noflushd: making/having drives spin down.

2004-01-06 Thread Frank Trenkamp
Hi, On Tuesday 06 January 2004 12:07, Yves Rutschle wrote: > Normally you should also be able to set up so that the > laptop goes automatically to sleep when running out of > power. With this setting, the only way to actually kill the > computer is to let the battery run out, then let the laptop >

Re: noflushd: making/having drives spin down.

2004-01-06 Thread Mike Mestnik
--- Yves Rutschle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 10:40:08PM +1300, Andrew McMillan wrote: > > If you are running low on battery you get plenty of warning to shut > > down, and you _certainly_ are a lot more resilient to the "toddler yanks > > plug" problem that my youngest is

Re: noflushd: making/having drives spin down.

2004-01-06 Thread Frank Trenkamp
Hi, On Tuesday 06 January 2004 12:07, Yves Rutschle wrote: > Normally you should also be able to set up so that the > laptop goes automatically to sleep when running out of > power. With this setting, the only way to actually kill the > computer is to let the battery run out, then let the laptop >

Re: noflushd: making/having drives spin down.

2004-01-06 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 11:07:35AM +, Yves Rutschle wrote: > On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 10:40:08PM +1300, Andrew McMillan wrote: > > If you are running low on battery you get plenty of warning to shut > > down, and you _certainly_ are a lot more resilient to the "toddler yanks > > plug" problem th

Re: noflushd: making/having drives spin down.

2004-01-06 Thread Mike Mestnik
--- Yves Rutschle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 10:40:08PM +1300, Andrew McMillan wrote: > > If you are running low on battery you get plenty of warning to shut > > down, and you _certainly_ are a lot more resilient to the "toddler yanks > > plug" problem that my youngest is

Re: noflushd: making/having drives spin down.

2004-01-06 Thread Micha Feigin
On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 09:03:54PM -0800, Mike Mestnik wrote: > I had not yet upgraded to test11. > 2.6.1-rc2 is already out. > , 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 a

Re: noflushd: making/having drives spin down.

2004-01-06 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 11:07:35AM +, Yves Rutschle wrote: > On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 10:40:08PM +1300, Andrew McMillan wrote: > > If you are running low on battery you get plenty of warning to shut > > down, and you _certainly_ are a lot more resilient to the "toddler yanks > > plug" problem th

Re: noflushd: making/having drives spin down.

2004-01-06 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 02:44:01PM +1100, Tim Connors 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 noticeab

Re: noflushd: making/having drives spin down.

2004-01-06 Thread Micha Feigin
On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 09:03:54PM -0800, Mike Mestnik wrote: > I had not yet upgraded to test11. > 2.6.1-rc2 is already out. > , 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 a

Re: noflushd: making/having drives spin down.

2004-01-06 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 02:44:01PM +1100, Tim Connors 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 noticeab

Re: noflushd: making/having drives spin down.

2004-01-06 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 10:40:08PM +1300, Andrew McMillan wrote: > If you are running low on battery you get plenty of warning to shut > down, and you _certainly_ are a lot more resilient to the "toddler yanks > plug" problem that my youngest is only recently growing out of. Normally you should al

Re: noflushd: making/having drives spin down.

2004-01-06 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 10:40:08PM +1300, Andrew McMillan wrote: > If you are running low on battery you get plenty of warning to shut > down, and you _certainly_ are a lot more resilient to the "toddler yanks > plug" problem that my youngest is only recently growing out of. Normally you should al

Re: noflushd: making/having drives spin down.

2004-01-06 Thread Andrew McMillan
On Tue, 2004-01-06 at 18:03, Mike Mestnik wrote: > > I think I am using journalling, as it's a laptop it's more likely to > suddenly loose power. What! My laptop comes with a _built-in_ _UPS_ - only _one_ of the guys in the office with a _desktop_ machine can boast that one, _his_ UPS only runs

Re: noflushd: making/having drives spin down.

2004-01-06 Thread Andrew McMillan
On Tue, 2004-01-06 at 18:03, Mike Mestnik wrote: > > I think I am using journalling, as it's a laptop it's more likely to > suddenly loose power. What! My laptop comes with a _built-in_ _UPS_ - only _one_ of the guys in the office with a _desktop_ machine can boast that one, _his_ UPS only runs

Re: noflushd: making/having drives spin down.

2004-01-05 Thread Tim Connors
On Mon, 5 Jan 2004, Mike Mestnik wrote: > 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? No bugs - just j

Re: noflushd: making/having drives spin down.

2004-01-05 Thread Mike Mestnik
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, Mich

Re: noflushd: making/having drives spin down.

2004-01-05 Thread Tim Connors
On Mon, 5 Jan 2004, Mike Mestnik wrote: > 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? No bugs - just j

Re: noflushd: making/having drives spin down.

2004-01-05 Thread Mike Mestnik
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, Mich

Re: noflushd: making/having drives spin down.

2004-01-05 Thread Tim Connors
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 g

Re: noflushd: making/having drives spin down.

2004-01-05 Thread Tim Connors
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 >

Re: noflushd: making/having drives spin down.

2004-01-05 Thread Micha Feigin
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 batter

Re: noflushd: making/having drives spin down.

2004-01-05 Thread Thorsten Gowik
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 batter

Re: noflushd: making/having drives spin down.

2004-01-05 Thread Micha Feigin
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 batter

noflushd: making/having drives spin down.

2004-01-05 Thread Mike Mestnik
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 h

Re: noflushd: making/having drives spin down.

2004-01-05 Thread Thorsten Gowik
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 batter

noflushd: making/having drives spin down.

2004-01-05 Thread Mike Mestnik
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 h