I have a machine where the (only) hd goes to sleep, so I think it might work maybe you have to check bios apm for wakeup criteria ? can you try running single user mode for a while and see what happens ? disconnect usb devices if necessary... A 09:18 05/11/2003 +0000, vous avez écrit : >Not that I know of, but of course the symptoms do rather indicate that >to be the trouble, although the HD activity light does NOT indicate >activity. > >Can you confirm that the boot/root/swap HD ought to be able to sleep? >What about USB? I am running a number of server processes like samba, >atalk, dhcpd etc, but IMO they all ought to be able to allow the HD to >sleep when there's no activity. > >Any suggestions as to how I can ascertain which process is causing it? > > >On 5 Nov 2003, at 09:18, Thierry ITTY wrote: > >> are you sure that no running process needs disk access ? >> >> A 17:52 04/11/2003 +0000, vous avez écrit : >>> Can anyone tell me if it is possible for the main (boot, root, swap >>> etc) IDE hard disk to spin down (sleep)? >>> >>> I'm using RH 8 with 2 HDs, one is just additional storage mounted on a >>> dir in /home and this spins down when it has not been used for a while >>> and back up when required, as intended. But the other drive which >>> contains the full OS (only this one HD when installed) and whatever I >>> do with hdparm I cannot make it stay asleep. If I tell hdparm to spin >>> it down now (cannot remember the actual command) it does stop but >>> immediately starts back up again. >>> >>> I'm using a USB keyboard, could this be the problem? If not, what else >>> can force the HD to spin up again like this? >>> >>> Any ideas much appreciated. > > >Ken G i l l e t t > >_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ > > >-- >redhat-list mailing list >unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe >https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
