[ltp] X61 or X61s (loud fan)

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

On Thu, 21 Aug 2008, Nikolaos Lampadariou wrote:
>  > Just a remark : the good value is 254, not 255 :
>> hdparm -B 254 <your disk>
>
> Yes, I know but it does not work with me (debian lenny and kernel  
> 2.6.25). When I use 254 the cycle counts keep increasing with the same  
> rate. So I just switch it completely of with 255.

255 doesn't switch it off at all on all HDs.  Really.

Which HD (make, model number, firmware revision) needs 255, please?

We can add that as a remark to the ThinkWiki page.  But rest assured that
MOST HDs want 254.

-- 
  "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
  them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
  where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
  Henrique Holschuh