Re: Spin down HDD after disk sync or before power off

2009-03-06 Thread Octavian Covalschi
gt; > On Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 08:38:52PM +0100, Oliver Fromme wrote: > > > Octavian Covalschi wrote: > > > > I'm looking a way to spin down HDD just right before power off. Why? > > > > > > > > Because currently when I call "shutdown -p now&

Re: Spin down HDD after disk sync or before power off

2009-03-06 Thread Octavian Covalschi
gt; "Besides, I had to increase timeout in ata-queue for controlcmd " > > I am no kernel expert, so I am not quite sure how to incorporate his > suggestion, but may be this helps with your problem. > > I would be interested in your progress on this topic, for maybe some day > one o

Re: Spin down HDD after disk sync or before power off

2009-03-05 Thread Octavian Covalschi
I think just HDD parking won't harm HDD, as my prev HDD was autoparking constantly (safe or powersave reasons). However in my case, I can hear a sound that is made by a vibration, it's like plates are slowing down and something is vibrating (arm?). It's kind the same with desktop PC, when your pow

Re: Spin down HDD after disk sync or before power off

2009-03-04 Thread Octavian Covalschi
Thank you for detailed and clear answer! On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 1:38 PM, Oliver Fromme wrote: > Octavian Covalschi wrote: > > I'm looking a way to spin down HDD just right before power off. Why? > > > > Because currently when I call "shutdown -p now", HD

Spin down HDD after disk sync or before power off

2009-03-04 Thread Octavian Covalschi
Hi everyone. I'm looking a way to spin down HDD just right before power off. Why? Because currently when I call "shutdown -p now", HDD is powered off at it's full speed (7200.4) and as a result I hear a noise of stopping/spinning down of HDD, and _this_ concerns me as I'm afraid it can damage HDD