From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tejun Heo Subject: Re: [Frequent Head Unloads] ASUS A6B00U Notebook affected Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:29:51 +0900 Message-ID: <491A69CF.3050308@kernel.org> References: <490E7E44.2030206@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Received: from hera.kernel.org ([140.211.167.34]:56291 "EHLO hera.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751122AbYKLF35 (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:29:57 -0500 In-Reply-To: <490E7E44.2030206@gmail.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: =?UTF-8?B?TWljaGHFgiBHb8WCxJliaW93c2tp?= Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Micha=C5=82 Go=C5=82=C4=99biowski wrote: > Hello, >=20 > My ASUS A6B00U notebook (in A6U series) is also affected by frequent > head unloads, mentioned here: > http://ata.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Known_issues#Drives_which_perfor= m_frequent_head_unloads_under_Linux >=20 >=20 > I've applied the fix by adding to /etc/rc.local a line: > hdparm -B 254 /dev/sda > so if these affect attached logs, I can change it for a while and sen= d > them once more. When idle, how much does the unload count increase per hour? Thanks. --=20 tejun