On Thu, 7 Dec 2017 22:28:37 -0500 Fulko Hew <fulko.hew@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I had to get a new laptop, and it came with a Toshiba MQ01ABD100 > drive. > > To disable the Advanced Power Management and to stop the head > unload/clicking I've always used: > > hdparm -B 255 /dev/sda If you're on Gnome: did you try "gnome-disks" utility? - or another utility if you don't have Gnome? - I found that settings in Gnome are not necessarily reflected in the ones below /etc. And maybe that's true even vice-versa ... And funny enough: I just found I don't seem to even have a hdparm.conf. But the settings via "gnome-disks" tell me my (built-in) head-clicker disk has APM set to 255 .... And 'hdparm -i /dev/sda' fully rightly tells me the disk has (amongst other things): " AdvancedPM=yes: disabled (255)" HTH Wolfgang > > [ ... ] _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
