Paul Hartman <[email protected]> [10-06-01 17:04]:
> On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 11:35 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > The WDC WD10EARS-00Y5B1 1TB "green" harddisk has an design flaw:
> > The heads are parked after a much too short time. Or in other words:
> > The designed maximum of head-park-cycles are reached much too fast.
>
> I have 2TB samsung drives which, by default, park heads very quickly.
> Using hdparm I changed power saving mode from "off" (which parks after
> a minute) to "254" and now the heads never park. (Different levels can
> give different results). Maybe your WD drive is similar.
>
Hi Paul,
thanks fopr your help.
When I submit a
sudo hdparm -B /dev/sda
I get back:
/dev/sda:
APM_level = not supported
when I do a
sudo hdparm -B 254 /dev/sda
I get back
/dev/sda:
setting Advanced Power Management level to 0xfe (254)
HDIO_DRIVE_CMD failed: Input/output error
APM_level = not supported
so I think I loose the game.
Or did you use other options?
Best regards,
mcc
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