[ltp] hdparm & spindown time : still having problems

[Laurent Gilson]

Hello

> for a reason I really can't understand, issuing hdparm -S 5 /dev/hda  
> will never spin the disk down.

I guess it's a normal PATA-Drive on a PATA-chipset ? Try

hdparm -B 128 /dev/hda or hdparm -B 256 /dev/hda
hdparm -S 1 /dev/hda

The -B can prevent automatic spindown on some discs. One of the -B  
settings enables spindown timers. Up to you to find the right one.

Good luck