Re: utility for disc disturbing
On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 22:32:02 +0700, Sthu Deus wrote:
> I wonder if there is an utility for disturbing (writting a byte every N
> seconds in order to stop it move its head to a landing zone) a mounted
> HDD until it is unmounted?
>
> If not, then, how I can find out what is PID (being ran from a bash
> script) of the back grounded process (I think to accomplish it w/ the
> help of watch and echo a byte to the drive) in order I may kill it on
> un-mounting the drive?
Is disabling hard disk power management features not working for you?
You may also want to check out "hdaparm" options :-?
Greetings,
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Camaleón
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