On Tue, Jan 9, 2018 at 4:11 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
As I understand it, IDLE simply means the disk isn't currently beingOn Tue, 2018-01-09 at 13:21 -0700, InvalidPath wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 9, 2018 at 5:53 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2018-01-08 at 18:58 -0700, InvalidPath wrote:
> > > So smartctl showed me this:
> > >
> > >
> > > 18:56:41 skeer@sputnik ~/Downloads/cpuminer-multi ⬡ system linux ✔
> > > $ sudo smartctl /dev/sda1 -a
> >
> > Try this:
> >
> > # smartctl -n idle <disk>
> >
> > It should print the mode the disk is in and not spin it up if it's in
> > standby.
> >
> > poc
> > _______________________________________________
> > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@lists.fedoraproject.org
> >
>
>
> Interesting.. 'Device is in ACTIVE or IDLE mode'.
>
> This statement is confusing.
used, and is not the same as STANDBY, so I would interpret this to mean
that it has not been spun down. If that's the case then your problem
may be elsewhere. You might try testing again with the disk unmounted
(so the dialogue doesn't attempt to open it).
poc
_______________________________________________
users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@lists.fedoraproject.org
Ok.. that makes sense. After reading your reply I opened Dolphin.. double clicking on that drive took over 15 seconds to open. Nautilus took over 25! And checking, like I said I would like two days ago.. this drive is formatted as NTFS still.
_______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
