[ltp] hard disk spindown related lockups

[obi]

On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 11:09:13AM -0500, sltp@rhythm.cx wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 03:32:10PM +0100, Uwe Walter wrote:
> > "Feels" more like an OS bug, if you ask me. The HD simply does not wake
> > up properly, when it should and this hangs the system.
> > 
> > However, if I remember correctly (i'm not sure), mine *did* wake up on
> > these occasions (audible), but the system hung anyway, so it did
> > probably just not get noticed that the HD woke up, or timed out waiting
> > for it, or whatever...
> 
> Yeah that's the case for me too. This lockup definitely has something to do
> with the drive spinning up. I can usually hear it doing so when the lockup
> occurs.

Same here. I'm not sure if it's the -S or the -B to cause problem: I
tried to do hdparm -S 2 for a while yesterday and it seemed to work, but
I haven't checked for a long time.

graziano


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