[...] > > I don't know whether linux supports this, but is it actually possible to > > have say ext3/xfs or reiserfs with the harddisk going to standby if > > there is no heavy disk activity (say I am willing to waste 100MB for a > > writing buffer before any disk activity starts). > > My laptop mode patch is in the 2.4.21-rc-ben tree, you don't have to do > special tricks to get good spin down times with that.
So it is enough to run noflushd or even set hdparm to a reasonable (say 5min) disk timeout ? Best, Soeren.
