What does that do?

According to the manual:

        -M   Get/set    Automatic    Acoustic    Management    (AAM)
                setting. Most modern  harddisk drives  have the ability
                to speed down the  head movements to reduce their noise
                output.  The possible values are between 0 and 254. 128
                is the  most quiet (and therefore  slowest) setting and
                254 the  fastest (and  loudest). Some drives  have only
                two   levels  (quiet /  fast),  while  others may  have
                different levels  between 128 and 254.   At the moment,
                most  drives only  support 3  options, off,  quiet, and
                fast.  These have been  assigned the values 0, 128, and
                254  at present,  respectively, but  integer  space has
                been  incorporated for  future  expansion, should  this
                change.

the only valid numbers are 0, 128, and 254.  254 is the loudest.

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hdd 'ticks' every 5 seconds
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