14 Mar
2013
14 Mar
'13
5:13 p.m.
On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:06:10 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
On all of my Linux the drive does spin down and up
again and again, even
if no partition is mounted, only GNOME 2 or Xfce 4 is running no
application is running and I'm even not touching my computer.
It spins up even if no partition is mounted!?
So IIUC this does mean that
- Linux does touch in some kind the external drive
- or if Linux doesn't touch the drive, it's broken and I should prove
the warranty claim
I bought the drive 2 weeks ago and it happens since the first time I
used it, with Suse 11.2 64-bit GNOME 2, Ubuntu Quantal 64-bit Xfce 4 and
an updated Arch Linux 64-bit, with kernels from 2.6.x to 3.7.x, default
kernels and rt patched kernels.
Is it a Linux bug or a broken WD drive? How can I test it? Any ideas?
Does it spin down and up again if you stay in your BIOS configuration,
or Grub prompt? Anything in the logs coincide with the spin up?
Definitely mount it (when you do) with 'noatime'.
--
John.