From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758787AbYDLDTq (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:19:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756870AbYDLDTf (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:19:35 -0400 Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com ([209.85.200.171]:10674 "EHLO wf-out-1314.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756818AbYDLDTe (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:19:34 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=rmQtf8OLyBs5QBjicUuIm60n7w4ZRsyErvyRBxIqeYH7rTV3t+4iLwSiRxMUUk4xMs2m81RhiKvd2Fv/RttctWVIlnb1noYi5xxC0zIfuO1r//Bws5tqB3AxlzsZSZbGxOcthkYpgNGpMj+XBXnUDWCErhNUc0XvMRz/jp94Ibk= Message-ID: <170fa0d20804112019h73928c99paadcc363539fea9c@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:19:33 -0400 From: "Mike Snitzer" To: "Tvrtko A. Ursulin" Subject: Re: Western Digital GreenPower drives and Linux Cc: devzero@web.de, lkml@metanurb.dk, pernegger@gmail.com, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Andi Kleen" In-Reply-To: <200804112200.28854.tvrtko@ursulin.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <234148243@web.de> <200804112200.28854.tvrtko@ursulin.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 5:00 PM, Tvrtko A. Ursulin wrote: > > > >I got back from WD's tech support and received a DOS utility which can > > > control this drive feature, apparently using vendor specific commands. > > > With it head unload timer can be disabled or set to a period between > > > 100ms and 25.5s. > > Followup with some good news. > > Head unload timer settings seems to be persistent across powering off. Having > set it to a maximum value of 25.5 seconds my disk is now behaving much more > reasonable. > > To actually do it I used FreeDOS floppy image burnt on a CD-RW as a bootable > image plus wdidle3.exe in the filesystem itself. > > BTW, WD's tech support has gone silent so chances for an easier solution are > not so great. Any chance you could make your iso available for the freedos w/ wdidle3.exe bootable cd? I can't track down wdidle3.exe on wdc.com; they have "Data Lifeguard" and such but I have no idea if the wdidle3.exe is buried in those downloads. thanks, Mike