Christian Wolf wrote: > Hello, > > pls see attached files for more info on this load/unload issue on the HP NX6325. > > hdparm -B 254 /dev/sda does "fix" it, the drive also does not overheat > from this value - in opposite to some other drives. 255 does not help, > in opposite as some fellow user states in the Ubuntu notebook wiki, on > this drive. > > As far as I can tell from now nearly 1 yr with this parameter, it does > not harm the drive but helps to stop unloading the heads. > > More about the issue on the HP NX6325 on my blog: > http://vale.homelinux.net/wordpress/2007/10/24/potential-risk-for-your-nx6325s-harddrive/ > > In case you are employed by HP, could you please consider me as your > future notebook Linux evangelist? ;-) How much does the load cycle count increase per hour without the adjustment? Heh... and I don't work for HP and have been a happy tp user for about a year now. :-) Thanks -- tejun -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
