On Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 11:38:17AM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: > Hi Roberto, > the only thing that I can think of that changes drive settings is the > kernel and hdparm. Maybe one of the cd burning programs is invoking > hdparm? And if so, maybe it doesn't undo its settings after its done? > As for the notification, there would have to be some mechanism that > generates those events. I am aware of inotify for file systems changes > but not of anything that would detect a command that changes drive > paramaters. What about always invoking hdparam in rc.local? And just a > wild guess: does this system boot in to win$ as people say that win$ can > fiddle with devices like wifi cards, clocks and other things for some > unknown reason.
Hi Kevin, I only use cdrecord and growisofs from the command line. No other tools are involved. As far as hdparm in an init script, it is already run by /etc/rcS.d/S07hdparm. However, the uptime on this system is generally in the months, so it is not like it is a frequent occurence. I thought about a cron job set to run @daily, but that is sort of ugly. Also, there is no dual-booting on this box, so it is not a Windows issue. I will if there is a way I can showhorn inotify into what I need. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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