Hi all,
First off I'm a linux/ubuntu novice so bare with me
Anyway, I have a relation's netbook here with me which originally had windows 7 starter. The HDD became corrupt through many bad sectors. I have just got a new Western Digital 250GB hdd and installed Ubuntu 11.04 on it. All was great until I began running it on battery power.
The HDD began clicking every 5-10 seconds (load cycling) with the S.M.A.R.T load cycle counter increasing fast. On A/C, the problem vanishes.
After much fumbling around, I found the following code to work:
However it is not persistant, it just reverts back on reboot etc.
Can any of you Linux gurus help me!?!??!? I would like to turn advance power management off forever. The user will just be using it around the house where bumps/bangs aren't too likely.
Many thanks, Luke
First off I'm a linux/ubuntu novice so bare with me
Anyway, I have a relation's netbook here with me which originally had windows 7 starter. The HDD became corrupt through many bad sectors. I have just got a new Western Digital 250GB hdd and installed Ubuntu 11.04 on it. All was great until I began running it on battery power.
The HDD began clicking every 5-10 seconds (load cycling) with the S.M.A.R.T load cycle counter increasing fast. On A/C, the problem vanishes.
After much fumbling around, I found the following code to work:
$ sudo hdparm -B 254 /dev/sda
However it is not persistant, it just reverts back on reboot etc.
Can any of you Linux gurus help me!?!??!? I would like to turn advance power management off forever. The user will just be using it around the house where bumps/bangs aren't too likely.
Many thanks, Luke