On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 07:17:10PM -0000, Michael van Elst wrote: > If the load cycle count increases, then the hard drive is probably > configured for power saving. This is a bad choice for a disk with > read-write mounted filesystems. NetBSD doesn't configure the drive > by itself, but the BIOS may. > > If the load cycle does not increase, maybe the start/stop count or > the number of calibration retries does? > > The NetBSD atactl command can read SMART data, you don't need smartmontools > just for that.
Thanks for introducing me to atactl. The Load Cycle Count does keep increasing. I read it's the disk manufacturer's choice and many users are annoyed by this. I'll also check out bios, but I think there was nothing to control this when I struggled with this before. Mayuresh
