On Fri, 2013-05-31 at 03:27 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Thu, 2013-05-30 at 12:33 -0700, Gary Roach wrote: > > I have found multiple warnings about Linux and the short head parking > > time of the WD Green drives. > > Again that misinformation :(. > > The only issue is bad Linux code, e.g. gvfs makes them spin down and up > again and again, but if you remove gvfs, than they stay parked! > > It's not an issue caused by WD, it's an EU Regulation and Linux coders > simply ignore it! > > My file browser is Thunar, without gvfs just mounting doesn't work > anymore, but mounting by CLI still works ;). > > Regards, > Ralf
PS: Without gvfs the heads for my WD will park after 30 minutes and spin up only happens, if you touch the drive. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1369964060.970.40.camel@archlinux
