Noisy harddriveForum: Other Help Topics Topic: Noisy harddrive started by: zer Posted by zer on Dec. 29 2006,15:31
I have installed DSL on my laptop and have set the bios so that the hard drive stops spinning after 2 min. But it keeps spinning within short. Is there a way to stop DSL accessing the harddrive after booting? The harddrive is very noisy and the laptop is only showing pics as a picture frame.
Posted by beakmyn on Dec. 30 2006,19:58
You could look into this < http://www.agol.dk/quietlinux/ >and this < http://mops.uci.agh.edu.pl/doc/hdparm/README.acoustic > Or get a slower drive that's one reason I went with a 4gb rather then 10. Since my laptop has no fan to begin with the 4gb runs virtually silent also. Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on Dec. 31 2006,23:44
You could try things out with 'hdparm'
Posted by zer on Jan. 04 2007,20:50
Thanks, I tried the tips from QuietLinux, and that helped a little. The hdparm didn't make any difference at all. Is there a way to find out which processes that access the HD? Or maybe create a ram-drive to write the log files to? Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on Jan. 04 2007,21:29
Ah right, forgot to mention the hdparm stuff only works on IDE drives (only newer versions contain support for other types afaik).If you are using a frugal, you can use "toram" to load the 50mb image to the ramdisk, then the hdd won't be used afterwards. Posted by zer on Jan. 04 2007,23:50
I made a HD install. Is there a way to convert that into a Frugal install? Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on Jan. 05 2007,01:16
Don't think so... although I suppose if you have enough ram (400+?) you can copy your hd install to a ramdisk.
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