Questions tagged [spindown]
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gnome-disk-utility or hdparm to spin down hdd permanently → issues
I used to use this hdparm -Y /dev/sda under KDE to spin down hdd disk but this stopped to work as disk started to spin up by itself, I couldn't find a way to correct this by using other hdparm ...
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How to spindown external drive on ubuntu 20.04
I have an external Seagate Backup plus hard-drive that gets automatically mounted on system boot, however the hard-drive does not get automatically spundown/powerdown with the system is shutdown. I ...
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HDD spindown on 14.04LTS
I can't get my drives (SEAGATE 750MB, Western Digital 1TB & Western Digital 500GB) to spindown on 14.04LTS. I have added the following lines on hdparm.conf which worked fine on 12.04LTS
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CX usb3 2.5-hdd-case asm1051 wont spindown/detach on ubuntu 12.04
bought this device
http://www.ebay.de/itm/281128589294?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
it mount and unmount the partitions on the drive smart is also supported the only thing ...
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hdparm will not set spindown for disks 14.04 server
I have 4 HDD, one WD and 3 Identical generic brands.
I have edited /etc/rc.local to change hdparm -B to 127 for the 3 generic drives (WD is unsupported and probably handles itslef) and -S to 180 for ...
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How to troubleshoot hdparm?
I'm setting up a NAS, and I would like the HDs to spin down when I am not doing anything (i.e., most of the time), but I am having trouble realising this with hdparm.
I can spin down the HDs manually, ...
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Prevent USB HDD from spindown
I am fairly new to Linux (Ubuntu 20.04) and I am in need of a little assistance.
I am looking for a way to prevent my USB HDDs from spinning down, because they are fairly old and slow and it really ...
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Laptop-mode-tools and hard disk
I use laptop-mode-tools to save battery on my Asus TUF A17. I works fine but not for the hard disk : this one is going too much to sleep and wake up after every 10 seconds. So the Load_Cycle_Count is ...
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