[mythtv-users] Hard drive recommendation
Isaac Richards
ijr at po.cwru.edu
Sun Feb 29 23:53:43 EST 2004
On Sunday 29 February 2004 11:09 pm, D Banerjee wrote:
> Did you try using hdparm -M? Works on my 250GB Maxtor just fine, infact it
> sets the acoustic management permanently in the drive. I can't hear any
> seeking anymore. 5400 rpm is the way to go though :) Less airflow needed
> above all.
Acoustic management seems to be completely disabled in the drive's firmware,
with no way to turn it on.
> Btw, all fast-rpm drive do that (or should) ibm deathstars didn't, and well
> it's obvious by the name what happened when the head didn't move. I'd say
> your drive might be on it's way to an early death if you're fooling it by
> just querying hardware information.
That's certainly not true. My slightly older 'cuda V in the same machine
doesn't do anything like this (think _very_ heavy harddrive thrashing noise
every few minutes when idle).
Isaac
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