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From: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: WD3200BEVT frequent head unload
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:30:19 +0900
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Mark Lord wrote:
> Aleksei Kazantsev wrote:
>> drive unloads the head up to 360 times per hour
> ..
> 
>> *    Advanced Power Management feature set
> ..
> 
> Presumably "hdparm -B255 /dev/sda" cures this ?

Please verify hdparm -B255 or 254 fixes the problem.

Thanks.

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tejun