Re: WDIDLE.EXE use on WD10EZRX disk
On Fri, 2013-05-31 at 03:27 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Thu, 2013-05-30 at 12:33 -0700, Gary Roach wrote:
> > I have found multiple warnings about Linux and the short head parking
> > time of the WD Green drives.
>
> Again that misinformation :(.
>
> The only issue is bad Linux code, e.g. gvfs makes them spin down and up
> again and again, but if you remove gvfs, than they stay parked!
>
> It's not an issue caused by WD, it's an EU Regulation and Linux coders
> simply ignore it!
>
> My file browser is Thunar, without gvfs just mounting doesn't work
> anymore, but mounting by CLI still works ;).
>
> Regards,
> Ralf
PS: Without gvfs the heads for my WD will park after 30 minutes and spin
up only happens, if you touch the drive.
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