[vdr] Re: Choosing harddisk (5400 or 7200rpms?)

[Helmut Auer <vdr@helmutauer.de>]

Steffen Barszus wrote:

> Am Mittwoch, 19. November 2003 23:19 schrieb Thilo Wunderlich:
>  
> > > Are these values valid if you set the acoustic level with IBM's
> > > feature tool to low noise ? I don't think so.
> > >      
> > Does this tool work with non IBM disks?
> >
> > Thilo
> >    
> As said multiple times. Under Linux you can use hdparm (alltough you 
> need a recent version of it. Just look if it is listed in hdparm -help. 
> I have used  that on my samsung and my seagate and it does work. 
I know the hdparm option, but it's easier for me to use the feature 
tool, because its located on my tool-cd which I for every installation :-)
One question to hdparm: will this setting work only til the next reboot 
or will it stay longer ?

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Helmut Auer, helmut@helmutauer.de 



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