Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 10:56:25 +0000 From: Kris Kirby <kris@airnet.net> To: Graeme.Cross@sci.monash.edu.au Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IDE hard drive spin-down problem Message-ID: <362F0F59.D26AF3BE@airnet.net> References: <Pine.LNX.3.95.981022182405.23592A-100000@babylon.wsc.monash.edu.au>
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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.) Since no one has used this angle... What's the temperature on those drives? A common symptom of drive overheating is spinning down. -- Kris Kirby UAH Mail <kirbyk@email.uah.edu> UAH CS <kkirby@cs.uah.edu> Home <kris@airnet.net> WWW <nomurphy@hotmail.com> ------------------------------------------- TGIFreeBSD... 'Nuff said. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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