> I have installed Mandrake 7.1 on a i586 (intel PIIX ide controler). The purpose of
>this computer is "just" firewalling and
> forwarding so i would like my hard disk to spin down after a few time but even if i
>specifie a spin down time of 5 seconds
> (hdparm -S 1 /dev/hda), it doesn't stop.
> I have check my interrupts (cat /proc/interrupts) and i have noticed that every 5
>seconds, 16, 32 or 40 interrupts are
> added to my ide0 controler (even when i boot using linux -s).
I have the exact same issue. I did manage to get it to access the HD once per minute
or so, but it's far from long enough to allow it to spin down.
Please let me know if you come up with anything!
Bob
