> ID#4 Start_Stop_Count and/or ID#193 Load_Cycle_Count. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M.A.R.T.#Known_ATA_S.M.A.R.T._attributes > This will show you if a drive does spin up and down.
Start_Stop_Count should indeed tell you how many times the disk spun up&down. OTOH Load_Cycle_Count indicates something which IIUC has nothing to do with disk spin, but with something like head parking. Stefan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jwv1tyzgld6.fsf-monnier+gmane.linux.debian.u...@gnu.org