On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 15:54, Rafael Beraldo <rafaelluisberaldo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I added hdparm -B 254 /dev/sda to /etc/rc.local, but I don't know if it is a > good solution either. Anyway, as Isaac Dupree said, unfortunatelly there is > no intermediate setting, then it is best not to have anoying and (I think) > dangerous clicks. It is dangerous. I got a new HDD killed in 3 weeks, the clicks happened more and more often and after a while, the driver started to produce read errors. I thought that the drive was faulty and got it replaced in warranty. After the replacement drive also produced the clicks I found out about the whole hdparm thing, set the value to 254 and the drive is working fine for almost 3 years now. -- ijanos
