Re: Disk continually spins down even on AC

[Marvin Renich <mrvn@renich.org>]

* Klistvud <quotations@aliceadsl.fr> [110308 02:36]:
> Dne, 08. 03. 2011 00:44:38 je Virgil Brummond napisal(a):
> >If I manually add "hdparm -B 254 /dev/sda" to /etc/rc.local this issue
> >is worked around. Note I do not have laptop-mode installed, and my
> >point
> >is I really do not want spin-down at all, and at worst only on
> >battery.
> 
> As I see it, tweaking hdparm is the default way of fine-tuning your
> hard drive parameters in GNU/Linux. Why would you consider that a
> "workaround"?

Actually, if you read  man hdparm  at the bottom it has

FILES
        /etc/hdparm.conf

Taking that as a clue, you will find that editing this file is the
"correct" way to set drive parameters.  There is even a man page for
hdparm.conf.

I also agree that the current defaults are reasonable and that proper
configuration mechanisms are already in place, so there is nothing here
that needs to be "fixed" in the distribution.

...Marvin