Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Widdle and WDC WD10EARS-00Y5B1

2010-06-01 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 11:36 AM, wrote: > Paul Hartman [10-06-01 17:04]: >> On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 11:35 AM, wrote: >> > >> > Hi, >> > >> > The WDC WD10EARS-00Y5B1 1TB "green" harddisk has an design flaw: >> > The heads are parked after a much too short time. Or in other words: >> > The desig

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Widdle and WDC WD10EARS-00Y5B1

2010-06-01 Thread Mark Knecht
On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 9:36 AM, wrote: > Paul Hartman [10-06-01 17:04]: >> On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 11:35 AM,   wrote: >> > >> > Hi, >> > >> > The WDC WD10EARS-00Y5B1 1TB "green" harddisk has an design flaw: >> > The heads are parked after a much too short time. Or in other words: >> > The design

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Widdle and WDC WD10EARS-00Y5B1

2010-06-01 Thread meino . cramer
Paul Hartman [10-06-01 17:04]: > On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 11:35 AM, wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > The WDC WD10EARS-00Y5B1 1TB "green" harddisk has an design flaw: > > The heads are parked after a much too short time. Or in other words: > > The designed maximum of head-park-cycles are reached much to

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Widdle and WDC WD10EARS-00Y5B1

2010-06-01 Thread luis jure
on 2010-06-01 at 01:23 Paul Hartman wrote: >I have 2TB samsung drives which, by default, park heads very quickly. >Using hdparm I changed power saving mode from "off" (which parks after >a minute) to "254" and now the heads never park. i have a drive similar to the OP (WD10EADS) and the problem i

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Widdle and WDC WD10EARS-00Y5B1

2010-05-31 Thread Paul Hartman
On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 11:35 AM, wrote: > > Hi, > > The WDC WD10EARS-00Y5B1 1TB "green" harddisk has an design flaw: > The heads are parked after a much too short time. Or in other words: > The designed maximum of head-park-cycles are reached much too fast. I have 2TB samsung drives which, by d

[gentoo-user] OT: Widdle and WDC WD10EARS-00Y5B1

2010-05-31 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, The WDC WD10EARS-00Y5B1 1TB "green" harddisk has an design flaw: The heads are parked after a much too short time. Or in other words: The designed maximum of head-park-cycles are reached much too fast. WD has offered a tool called widdle, which seem to modify the timer settings of that part