On 27 June 2011 17:04, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: <--SNIP--> > I have a seagate drive that falls asleep when it gets bored. Sometimes > it's quick to wake up (a few seconds), other times it takes ages > (minutes), or may not wake up. I'm wondering if it has three different > sleep levels. Well, yes. Fortunately you can configure sleep time-out using hdparm or even turn off power management completely. See man hdparm. I also find wikipedia page on hdparm very useful. Here it is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hdparm > > I also find I'm getting errors. The drive can be heard clacking away > *trying* to read, some files sometimes. And I'm also wondering whether > it falls asleep before any drive changes get committed. If in doubt use sync ;- ) > > -- > [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r > 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 > -- Hiisi -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
