From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 22 08:35:20 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA11721 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 22 Oct 1998 08:35:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from kleopatra.acc.umu.se (kleopatra.acc.umu.se [130.239.18.150]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA11711 for ; Thu, 22 Oct 1998 08:35:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from saska@acc.umu.se) Received: from hirohito.acc.umu.se (saska@hirohito.acc.umu.se [130.239.18.140]) by kleopatra.acc.umu.se (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id RAA21584; Thu, 22 Oct 1998 17:34:31 +0200 Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 17:34:30 +0200 (CEST) From: Markus Holmberg To: Graeme.Cross@sci.monash.edu.au cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IDE hard drive spin-down problem In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello Graeme, If it is to any help, I have the exact same problem. I didn't know though that the kernel error msgs (exactly same for me) were related to the spin down. I'm also looking for ways to prevent the spin downs.. I'm using 2.2.7-STABLE and the hd is a IBM Deskstar 8gb.. (the other two IDE hd's don't spin down). Best Regards, Markus Holmberg. On Thu, 22 Oct 1998, Graeme Cross wrote: > I have a system with two IDE drives, where the second drive spins down > after 10 or so minutes of computer idle-time. > > It is very annoying because the system will lock up while it waits for the > second drive to spin back up, which can take a couple of seconds. > (There is also the issue of additional wear and tear on the drive as it > spins up and down.) > > These are the drives, as shown by dmesg: > > wdc0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7 irq 14 on isa > wdc0: unit 0 (wd0): > wd0: 1549MB (3173184 sectors), 3148 cyls, 16 heads, 63 S/T, 512 B/S > wdc0: unit 1 (wd1): > wd1: 515MB (1056384 sectors), 1048 cyls, 16 heads, 63 S/T, 512 B/S > > I also see these messages in /var/log/messages: > > Oct 3 21:17:09 guava /kernel: wd1: interrupt timeout: > Oct 3 21:17:09 guava /kernel: wd1: status 50 error 1 > > Which I assume is the kernel complaining that it couldn't read from the > drive, because it was in the process of spinning back up. > > I am running FreeBSD 2.2.7. > > I have power management at the BIOS level turned off, and the first drive > does not ever spin down. > > I also have APM support turned off in /etc/rc.conf. > > Is there a way that I can force the drive to not spin down? I suppose I am > looking for a tool like Linux's hdparm? A search of the mailing list > archives didn't yield any solutions. > > Thanks in advance, > Graeme > > -- > Graeme Cross -- Water Studies Centre, Monash University > > Random thought #99 (Collect all 237) > The gene pool could use a little chlorine. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message