On Thu, 19 Sep 2002 08:34:36 +0200
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> Hello List,
> I'm using an acer TM 521 TEV. APM support is integrated into my kernel.
> My problem is:
> When I close my notebook it puts itself to sleep, fine.
> But when I want to use the hdparm -S to let my harddisc spindown when
> it's not in use it alway wakes up after about 10 sec.

You may be using a journalised FS... it usually writes its journal every 5
seconds or so on the hard drive. You cannot spindown in these conditions.

> On my old system with suse it didn't do that, how can I get it working

Your old system may not have a journalised FS, that's as simple as that...

> ???
> Greetings
> Holger
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