From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tejun Heo Subject: Re: Frequent head unloading Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:46:17 +0900 Message-ID: <4920E909.2030400@kernel.org> References: <4920292B.5060804@gc-web.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from hera.kernel.org ([140.211.167.34]:44005 "EHLO hera.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755649AbYKQDqZ (ORCPT ); Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:46:25 -0500 In-Reply-To: <4920292B.5060804@gc-web.de> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Alexander Clausen Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Alexander Clausen wrote: > Hi, > I _think_ I got a case of frequent head unloading here. See attachments. > > hdparm -B255 /dev/sda > > seems to stop the clunking noises. How often does the clunking noises happen? -- tejun