$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ricktsd', 's')orry to bring up an old thread...
my hdd successfully spins down after idle time, but it seems to be inaccessible after spinning back up. i can hear it spinning, but whenever i try to access that mount, it just times out.
any ideas?
[RESOLVED] auto turn off hard drive
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Re: [RESOLVED] auto turn off hard drive
by Fma965 » Mon Mar 04, 2013 8:10 pm
Bump:
Ok so i have latest archlinux and kernel (not the 3.8 one)
I have my OS/Rootfs on a usb pen
SATA HDD mounted to /media (EXT3)
when i call hdparm -y (i think it's y? sorry forgot... it's the one which spin'sdown isntantly)
hdparm -y /dev/sda
the hdd spinsdown and straight back up.
Can you please suggest a fix. my rootfs isn't even on this drive so i see no reason for it to be constantly active.
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Re: [RESOLVED] auto turn off hard drive
by nooblLinux » Tue Mar 05, 2013 5:58 pm
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('moonman', 'T')his is what I have in my cron (run "crontab -e")
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '*/15 * * * * ID=DriveIdle /usr/bin/sdparm -C stop `mount | grep <partition label> | cut -c1-9`')
<partition label> is the name of one of the partitions on the hard drive, does not matter which one if there are many. It basically extracts the path (/dev/sdx) from the mount command because every time you boot the path can change to sda sdb sdc depending on how many hdds you have plugged in.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '*/15 * * * * ID=DriveIdle /usr/bin/sdparm -C stop `mount | grep <partition label> | cut -c1-9`')
<partition label> is the name of one of the partitions on the hard drive, does not matter which one if there are many. It basically extracts the path (/dev/sdx) from the mount command because every time you boot the path can change to sda sdb sdc depending on how many hdds you have plugged in.
so if i have 3 hard drives sdb1, sdc1, sdd1 I have to enter 3 commands in crontab like: $this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '
*/15 * * * * ID=DriveIdle /usr/bin/sdparm -C stop `mount | grep sdb1 | cut -c1-9`
*/15 * * * * ID=DriveIdle /usr/bin/sdparm -C stop `mount | grep sdc1 | cut -c1-9`
*/15 * * * * ID=DriveIdle /usr/bin/sdparm -C stop `mount | grep sdd1 | cut -c1-9`
')
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