[ltp] hdparm & spindown time : still having problems

[Paul RIVIER]

Hi

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>I don't use laptop-mode at all, but use this way to get acceptable
>spin down times:
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>mount -o remount,commit=20000 /
>mount -o remount,commit=20000 /boot
>mount -o remount,commit=20000 /usr
>mount -o remount,commit=20000 /var
>mount -o remount,commit=20000 /home
>/etc/init.d/noflushd start
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That is basically what laptop-mode does.

>I use kernel 2.6.14 and ext3, and this setup gives me spin down times
>up to a few hours. Maybe mounting with noatime could improve this, but
>I don't want to criple my system just to get a little bit more battery
>lifetime.
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I can not figure why writing access time is crucial for a filesystem.
I've alway been mouting partitions with noatime with no problem.
I hate the computer noise, I use laptop-mode even on non-laptop computers,
so tens of partitions have been used with noatime for a couple of years 
with no problem :)

>Regards,
>Tino
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>part of this coming weekend is slated for moving my filesystems to ext3.
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>Noah Dain
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Paul