Allegedly, on or about 7 December 2017, Fulko Hew sent:
> hdparm -B 255 /dev/sda
>
> But on this machine/drive, it doesn't seem to work;
> or at least it only works for a short while, and then it starts
> unloading again.
It sounds like it does work, but something else is changing the
settings on
On 12/09/2017 09:30 AM, Fulko Hew wrote:
On Sat, Dec 9, 2017 at 9:05 AM, Wolfgang Pfeiffer mailto:r...@gmx.net>> wrote:
On Thu, 7 Dec 2017 22:28:37 -0500
Fulko Hew mailto:fulko@gmail.com>> wrote:
> I had to get a new laptop, and it came with a Toshiba MQ01ABD100
> drive.
To provide an update on this old thread, I currently have uptime of 45
days. Whatever caused this misbehavior twice back in October has not
reproduced again since.
On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 10:13 AM, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> Lonni J Friedman writes:
>
>> Thanks for the suggestion. Should I use an
On Sat, Dec 9, 2017 at 9:05 AM, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Dec 2017 22:28:37 -0500
> Fulko Hew wrote:
>
> > I had to get a new laptop, and it came with a Toshiba MQ01ABD100
> > drive.
> >
> > To disable the Advanced Power Management and to stop the head
> > unload/clicking I've always
On Sat, 9 Dec 2017 15:05:23 +0100
Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote:
> [ ... ]
> And 'hdparm -i /dev/sda'
> fully rightly tells me the disk has (amongst other things):
> " AdvancedPM=yes: disabled (255)"
And yes: it seems to help: I don't hear clicks
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On Thu, 7 Dec 2017 22:28:37 -0500
Fulko Hew wrote:
> I had to get a new laptop, and it came with a Toshiba MQ01ABD100
> drive.
>
> To disable the Advanced Power Management and to stop the head
> unload/clicking I've always used:
>
> hdparm -B 255 /dev/sda
If you're on Gnome: did you try "gnome
