Re: system is going crazy with disk-head parking

[Florian Kulzer <florian.kulzer+debian@icfo.es>]

On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 20:19:41 -0700, tom arnall wrote:
> my system is going crazy with disk-head parking when i watch movies. below is 
> ouput of:
> 
> 	date >> ~/logfile
> 	sudo smartctl -a /dev/hda |  grep 193 >> ~/logfile
> 	sudo smartctl -a /dev/hda |  grep " 9" >> ~/logfile
> 															
> =======
> 
> 	Fri Mar  7 17:46:23 PST 2008
> 	193 Load_Cycle_Count          		 666195
> 	  9 Power_On_Hours            		 13662
> 	Fri Mar  7 23:19:12 PST 2008
> 	193 Load_Cycle_Count          		 666570
> 	  9 Power_On_Hours            		 13667
> 
> i have researched this on the net and tried some of the suggested fixes, but 
> so far without any result.

Look, if you make a statement like that then people cannot judge if
their level of knowledge about this kind of problem might be helpful or
not. You strongly suggest that the "usual" fixes do not work for you,
but you leave us in the dark about what exactly you have tried already,
so people do not even know where to start. This is probably the reason
why this message did not get any responses the last time you posted it.

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