Re: [PATCH] hdparm.mod - get/set ATA disk parameters

[Robert Millan]

On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 03:13:31PM +0100, Christian Franke wrote:
> insmod ata_pthru

(note that module dependencies should make this unnecessary)

> insmod hdparm
>
> # Make sure disks cannot be locked by an ATA password
> hdparm --quiet --security-freeze (ata4)
> hdparm --quiet --security-freeze (ata6)
>
> menuentry "Boot" {
>
>  # Check health
>  if hdparm --quiet --health (ata4) ; then echo -n ; else
>    echo "Warning: SMART status check failed"
>    read
>  fi
>
>  # Set boot disk to "fast", disable spin down
>  hdparm --quiet --aam=254 --standby-timeout=0 (ata4)
>
>  # Set other disk to "quiet", spin down after 5min inactivity
>  hdparm --quiet --aam=128 --standby-timeout=60 (ata6)
>
>  # Boot ...
> }
>
> menuentry "Memory Test" {
>
>  # Spin down both disks after 10min
>  hdparm --quiet --standby-timeout=120 (ata4)
>  hdparm --quiet --standby-timeout=120 (ata6)
>
>  # Load memtest ...
> }

Very interesting.  Do you think any of these features could be useful as a
default option in grub-mkconfig?

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Robert Millan

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