Hard Drive

[Jason Holtzapple]

On Dec 4, 2012 1:31 AM, "Eric Allen" <ericallen3 at juno.com
<mailto:ericallen3 at juno.com>> wrote:
>
>     I can't get my hard drive to spin down, it runs continously even
>     when not in use. I've tried google and "hdparm -B255 -S170
>     /dev/sda" and get no where. I'm running Ubuntu 10.04LTS and the
>     hard drive is a western digital ATA WDC WD3200BPVT-OOHXZT3
>     WD-WXU1CA1R0673. I've also edited the /etc/rc.local and the
>     /etc/hdparm.conf to show the hdparm as above mentioned. I'm trying
>     to get it to spin down and take a "break" so to speak when not in
>     use because the laptop is getting hot on the lower right corner
>     where the HD is located. The HD is running around 115 degrees.
>

My hdparm man page says -B255 disables power management, so that's
probably not what you want.