From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 22 08:58:52 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA14312 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 22 Oct 1998 08:58:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ninbox.ml.org (hsv1-196.airnet.net [207.242.81.196]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA14305 for ; Thu, 22 Oct 1998 08:58:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@airnet.net) Received: from airnet.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ninbox.ml.org (8.9.1/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA06661; Thu, 22 Oct 1998 10:56:25 GMT Message-ID: <362F0F59.D26AF3BE@airnet.net> Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 10:56:25 +0000 From: Kris Kirby Organization: Absolutely None! X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.07 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 3.0-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Graeme.Cross@sci.monash.edu.au CC: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IDE hard drive spin-down problem References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 UAH CS Home WWW ------------------------------------------- TGIFreeBSD... 'Nuff said. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message