hdparm and Linpus Linux

HI
I've installed hdparm via add/remove programs within Linpus.

It didn't create a /etc/hdparm.conf
So I manually created the file and added the following to it:

command_line {
hdparm -B 254 /dev/sda
}

When I reboot I still get the faint clicking.
If run the command from a terminal the clicking stops, which make me think that /etc/hdparm.conf isn't being read on start up.

How do I fix that ??

Thanks

 

hdparm are for ata drives. Look at sdparm for sata drives.

Cheers.

 

I thought the acer was a pata drive ??

Reading on this forum, there are lots of suggestions to use hdparm.

So is that not right ??

Thanks

 

rbil is right. AA1 uses SATA drive and sdparm is the command you need.

 

I believe hdparm works fine with sata drives if the kernel has the "ATA passthrough" patch added.

I believe most of the recent kernels have it patched.

hdparm works fine for me on my AA1. It has worked for me with the stock 8.04.1 Linux kernels, and sickboy's.

Since it works for the original poster when he manually types it in, his system must not be checking the hdparm.conf file on startup.

I am using Ubuntu 8.04.1 and it may be when installing hdparm it gets added to the system setup. If using Linpus or other distros you may have to set it to start on boot manually.

 

Thanks for the advice..

So should I remove hdparm from Linpus and install sdparm or should I leave it installed and set it start on boot ??
If I need to set it to start on boot how do I do that ??

I've installed Ubuntu as a dual boot and hdparm starts on boot with that and seems to be working fine. I'm using Sickboy's kernel..
again should I stick with hdparm or install sdparm ?

Thanks

 

It hdparm works (which it seems to for you) just set it to start on bootup.

Been awhile since I played with RedHat or Fedora, but I think you can edit /etc/rc.d/rc.local and add the call to hdparm there with the parameters you want.

Then it should start on bootup. Let me know if that doesn't work and I will check into it further

 

Thanks.

I'll take a look at that and will let you know how I get on !!

 

sdparm comes installed on Linpus in the /sbin directory.

Cheers.

 

So how do I configure sdparm ?? is it the same as hdparm ? (sdparm -B 254 /dev/sda ?? )

How do I get this to start on boot up ?

Thanks

 

Code:

man sdparm

 

Thanks

I was hoping someone who has done this before could offer some advice.. I'd hate to damage this nice netboot !!

 

Do you have an /etc/rc.d/rc.local file like I had mentioned previously?

If so edit it and put in a call to hdparm or sdparm.

For hdparm the added line to rc.local would be

hdparm -B 254 /dev/sda

You might have to put the full path to hdparm in there though. I don't use linpus so I don't know where it is located. Might be something like

/sbin/hdparm -B 254 /dev/sda