Cannot set spindown time for SATA disk

neok · 2006-03-02 06:05:37

Hi

I am trying to set the spindown time of my 2nd disk using sdparm --set "SCT=100" /dev/sdb but I get this error message:

/dev/sdb: ATA WDC WD1200JS-00M 02.0
change_mode_page: failed fetching page: Power condition

Any ideas please please? I couldn't find anything relevant by searching.

Thanks in advance!

mic64 · 2006-03-02 06:54:59

I would never do this..
spinning HDs down and restart them reduce their lifetime dramatically.
let them run..

mic64

neok · 2006-03-02 07:04:19

mic64 wrote:

I would never do this..
spinning HDs down and restart them reduce their lifetime dramatically.
let them run..
mic64

Yes, thanks for this, still its the 2nd disk and is hardly used during most of the day. Usually once or twice I use it to back up whatever work I produced during the day, before a final backup to a CD/R at the end of the day.

iphitus · 2006-03-02 09:24:05

I use hdparm -S60 /dev/sda

I leave one of my drives on spindown after an inactivity timeout, like above. I dont use the drive an awful lot, and its makes much more noise

neok · 2006-03-02 09:34:26

iphitus wrote:

I use hdparm -S60 /dev/sda
I leave one of my drives on spindown after an inactivity timeout, like above. I dont use the drive an awful lot, and its makes much more noise

Hmm, I don't get any error messages with that command but the disk will not spindown. I guess its either the disk itself that will not take a spindown time or some setup somewhere is wrong. Still, "sdparm -C stop /dev/sda" works though.

Must learn to live with that extra noise...

lynix · 2010-05-05 17:56:52

I know this topic is very old, but it fits perfectly.

I can set a timeout with "hdparm -S", but it seems to be getting ignored. Putting the drives down with "hdparm -y" works fine, and as the drives don't spin up again after putting them manually to sleep, I don't think this is an access-problem.

Any ideas what to try else? The drives are only for weekly backups (system partitions reside elsewhere), so for me it makes sense to set standby times.

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#1 2006-03-02 06:05:37

Cannot set spindown time for SATA disk

#2 2006-03-02 06:54:59

Re: Cannot set spindown time for SATA disk

#3 2006-03-02 07:04:19

Re: Cannot set spindown time for SATA disk

#4 2006-03-02 09:24:05

Re: Cannot set spindown time for SATA disk

#5 2006-03-02 09:34:26

Re: Cannot set spindown time for SATA disk

#6 2010-05-05 17:56:52

Re: Cannot set spindown time for SATA disk

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