>> Hi,
>>
>> I use both:
>> hdparm -q -S 0 /dev/sda
>> hdparm -q -B 255 /dev/sda
>> which seems to work.
>
> On what make and model of drive? I know that works on my other drives,
> but the WD10EADS doesn't support whatever ATA command "hdparm -B" uses.
> Here:
>
> # hdparm -B 255 /dev/sda
>
>
> How can I control the automatic power management feature of my SATA disk
> drives? Right now the heads are unloading so frequently that within
> one year I will have exceeded the rated number of load/unload cycles for
> the drives. The drives are Western Digital model WD10EADS. I tried
> using
