Warren Togami wrote: > Bill Nottingham wrote: >> Pádraig Brady (P@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) said: >>> Which is about once every 4 seconds or so. >>> As mentioned in the bug report I can turn this >>> off by doing `hdparm -B 255 /dev/sda` >>> >>> Should anything be changed for the F8 release? >> >> Fedora doesn't change the power management values for your drives from >> the defaults set by your BIOS. >> >> Bill >> > > 1) Power off completely. > 2) Boot up. > 3) Run `hdparm -I /dev/sda` and see "Advanced power management level:" # hdparm -I /dev/sda ATA device, with non-removable media Model Number: Hitachi HTS541060G9AT00 Serial Number: MPB3PAX5KM1E5G Firmware Revision: MB3OA61A Capabilities: Advanced power management level: 128 (0x80) > What default value does your firmware or BIOS have? notting's drive > defaulted to 128. The BIOS setup didn't give any interface to this value, so I presume 128 was the default set by the drive/BIOS? Pádraig. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list