[vdr] Re: silent hdd

["Rene Bartsch" <vdr@bartschnet.de>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stefan Lang" <steven@organet.com>
To: <vdr@linuxtv.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 11:53 AM
Subject: [vdr] Re: silent hdd


> Am Mittwoch, 13. November 2002 10:47 schrieben Sie:
> >
> > My Maxtor with 5400rpm/120GB its _very_ silent, you can't hear it in a
> > normal closed case without any noise reduction addons. It keeps really
cold
> > during action, has 3 years warranty and I got it on ebay for an
affordable
> > price, cheaper than the best prices on geizhals.at.
>
> Did you use the management software from Maxtor? If yes, could you mail
the
> URL, please? I could not find it on their server! My 80GB Maxtor HDDs are
> ??whistling?? like hell with 7200 RPM!
> Thanks in advance
> Stefan
>

Ever heard of hdparm?

Since using RedHat 8.0 I can determine the power-management value of my WD
600BB.

Rene



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