Re: harddrive spins down and up again after 5s
On 11/10/2013 3:18 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Sun, 2013-11-10 at 14:19 -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
>> Thus the "problem" may not be caused by the operating system.
>
> It is the OS, it's gvfs. Sure, it doesn't cause the spin down, but gvfs
> does cause the unwanted spin up.
You may be correct. However, do note that Patrick's only indication
that his "drive" was spinning down/up every 5 minutes was that he
"heard" it. Which is why I was starting from ground zero with the
troubleshooting.
Modern drives, both laptop and desktop, are so quiet as to be inaudible
to many/most people. Thus, what Patrick is hearing may not even be the
hard drive, but could very well be his CPU or GPU fan, or his DVD drive
motor spinning up/down.
--
Stan
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