I do think we should implement a sane default. I've known about this issue for some time and have always added the hdparm line to /etc/rc.local, but I think the vast majority of users, and not just Arch users, remain unaware.
I just picked up an MSI Wind U120 this week which has a WD drive. It was clicking so often and so loudly that I thought the disk might need servicing. That's when I realized that the power management values were being reset every time it woke up from standby. It's fixed now, but it's a hassle (and danger) that users shouldn't have deal with. On Sep 21, 2009 at 01:21 AM, Thomas Bächler <[email protected]> wrote: > Roman Kyrylych schrieb: > >>+1 for spreading more the noise about this. > >>This was the opinion I expressed in this old thread : > >>http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=39258 > >> > > > >Anyone else has some opinion about how to handle this? > > Wow, I had this problem when switching to ext4 and thought my drive > was broken. Just recently, I tried again and used wdidle3 to disable > the idle timer. Now, it's all better.
