Re: hdparm init.d script?

["s. keeling" <keeling@spots.ab.ca>]

Incoming from Thomas Chadwick:
> I recently discovered that I can greatly improve my harddrive performance 
> by customizing a few settings using hdparm on the command-line.  I'd like 
> to make the changes permanent, but I'm not sure where to do that.  Is there 
> an /etc/init.d/hdparm script out there somewhere that I should be using?  

Try mine, attached.  It's not art.

> Presumably I'll want to link to it from one of the /etc/rc*.d directories.  
> Which one, and what should I call it?

/etc/init.d/hdparm_init


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#! /bin/bash
#
#   /etc/init.d/hdparm_init by sbk - 1Dec2003
#
#   see file:///usr/share/doc/debian/FAQ/ch-customizing.html
#
#   update-rc.d hdparm_init start 19 2 . stop 19 0 1 6 .
#

case "$1" in
   start)
      if [ -f /sbin/hdparm ]; then
	  # 4Jan2004 - trying "-M":
	  #            get/set acoustic management (0-254, 
	  #                   128: quiet, 254: fast)
	  #          - oops.  that option doesn't appear
	  #            to exist in woody.
          /sbin/hdparm -d1 -X66 -c1 -u1 -m 16 /dev/hda
          /sbin/hdparm -d1 -X34 -c1 -u1 /dev/hdc
          echo "hdparm_init: optimize disk performance."
       fi
       ;;
               
    stop|force-reload|restart)
       ;;

    *)
        echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|force-reload}"
        exit 1
esac

exit 0