My hard drive (a Fujitsu) on a Dell laptop has default settings of 128 (at least so hdparm reports) and spins down a lot if I don't alter the settings. With settings of 254 or 255, it does no longer spin down.
On 11/2/07, ubuntu_demon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Regarding my last post : https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpi- > support/+bug/17216/comments/62 > > So maybe Ubuntu should detect whether BIOS or laptop harddrive firmware > have set the drive to a power management setting below 128 and override > this and set it to 128 when on AC. > > -- > Hard drive spindown should be configurable > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/17216 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of a duplicate bug. > -- Hard drive spindown should be configurable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/17216 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs