Re: Debian Wheezy - HP Pavilion dm1
On Sun, 2013-10-20 at 20:36 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Sureyya Sahin wrote:
> > Just to update, the hdparm command gives me:
> > Advanced power management level: 254
> > I guess the value would be 254. I will try to set it permanently if I can.
>
> Set it permanently to 254? Or to something different?
>
> The drive parameters such as the Advanced Power Management feature are
> not permanent. Every time the drive is powered off any new settings
> will need to be set again.
>
> The hdparm way to do this is to set up a config in /etc/hdparm.conf
> that configuration the value to set it to. Example:
>
> /dev/sda {
> apm = 254
> }
>
> With the above it will do the setting at boot time automatically.
Manipulating the drive without knowing what does cause the issue in the
first place is a bad advice and makes the troubleshooting more
complicated, if not impossible. Earlier in this thread it was
recommended as the very last thing todo.
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