[mythtv-users] I can't get my HDD to spindown when idle
kanetse at gmail.com
kane.tse at gmail.com
Mon Jan 9 18:00:21 UTC 2006
I'm trying to get my MythTV backend server to spindown its HDDs after
a given period of time in order to save power and reduce unnecessary
heat generation.
My videos are stored on /dev/hdd, and it spins down fine.
However, /dev/hdc only contains the /home mount and it never seems to
spindown. I have set:
/sbin/hdparm -S120
... on both drives. If I use hdparm from the command-line to spindown
/dev/hdc, it works fine, so I know it's not a hardware-issue.
Something must be keeping the HDD active, but I don't know what it is,
or how to find out.
I have already moved all cron jobs/scripts to another mount, not on this drive.
I am running Fedora Core 4.
1) Any ideas what is keeping my HDD spinning up?
2) Is there a linux commandline tool I can use to find out what
processes have open filehandles? Specifically on /dev/hdc if possible.
Thanks
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