Chuck Ebbert wrote:
Stephen Clark wrote:
Mark Lord wrote:
Mark Lord wrote:
With the patch applied, I don't see *any* new activity in those
S.M.A.R.T.
attributes over multiple hibernates (Linux "suspend-to-disk").
Scratch that -- operator failure. ;)
The patch makes no difference over hibernates in the SMART logs.
It's still logging extra Power-Off_Retract_Count pegs,
which it DID NOT USED TO DO not so long ago.
Now I'll poke at the shutdown again.
Meanwhile, Stephen: Could you try without this line in the patched file:
case ATA_16:
+ dev->needs_sync_cache = 1;
Ie. comment out that last "dev->needs_sync_cache" line.
No joy - even with that line commented out I get a click and my
Power-Off_Retract_Count has incremented.
I found a solution of sorts on Fedora 6:
Edit /etc/rc0.d/S01halt, changing the third-from-last line so it reads:
HALTARGS="-d -h -n"
Then use the halt(8) command to shut down and turn off the power manually.
No click and the "retract" counter does not increment. (Even this procedure
incremented the counter until I changed the script.)
Seems safe, using the IDE drivers, since they sync the cache anyway.
Hi Chuck,
I got a chance to try this and it works for me also. No pop and my
retract counter does not increment.
Steve
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