Krzys Majewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Jean-Michel Kelbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > i am wondering if there is a way to make the computer less noisy at some > > moment (the NIGHT). What I mean is that the CPU fan does a lot of noise, > > and the Hd too. Is there a porgram to make the cpu fan less rotating (if > > the cpu doesn't work !) > 2) hdparm -y /dev/hda (or whatever your hard drive is called) Laptop folks use it together with 'noflushd'. Better, not perfect. Think of all the cron jobs and the like. > 3) apm --suspend. This shuts down the CPU fan if you tell the BIOS > to do so (via the BIOS/CMOS setup at boot time). You should be aware that desktop- or server HDDs, in contrast to laptop-HDDs, are not made to spin up and constantly. A 12-hour-turnus it's probably acceptable, but you will shorten the HDDs' lifetime. Perhaps the best idea I saw was put the machine into another room (if you can), and use an old (or Apple-, a cheap 68k model with color display will do) laptop without fan to display the server's X output via ethernet. -- Andre Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> from Bonn, Germany
