Re: Loud "pop" coming from hard drive on reboot

[emisca <emisca.ml@gmail.com>]

So, removing -d halt option solves this problem?

2007/4/20, Fabio Comolli <fabio.comolli@gmail.com>:
> Bingo!
> I switched from ata_piix.c to piix_ide.c and the "pop" disappeared.
>
> I must say that the "pop" also disappeared after suspending to disk
> using suspend2 (obviously without executing halt -n -h -p) . In both
> cases it was present with the previous setup.
>
> This is with a pure PATA setup with no SATA ports and the disk is:
>
> hda: TOSHIBA MK8025GAS, ATA DISK drive
>
> Many thanks!
> regards,
> Fabio
>
>
>
>
> On 4/19/07, Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@redhat.com> wrote:
> > Stephen Clark wrote:
> > > Mark Lord wrote:
> > >
> > >> Mark Lord wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> With the patch applied, I don't see *any* new activity in those
> > >>> S.M.A.R.T.
> > >>> attributes over multiple hibernates (Linux "suspend-to-disk").
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >> Scratch that -- operator failure.  ;)
> > >> The patch makes no difference over hibernates in the SMART logs.
> > >>
> > >> It's still logging extra Power-Off_Retract_Count pegs,
> > >> which it DID NOT USED TO DO not so long ago.
> > >>
> > >> Now I'll poke at the shutdown again.
> > >>
> > >> Meanwhile, Stephen:  Could you try without this line in the patched file:
> > >>
> > >>        case ATA_16:
> > >> +               dev->needs_sync_cache = 1;
> > >>
> > >> Ie. comment out that last "dev->needs_sync_cache" line.
> > >>
> > >>
> > > No joy - even with that line commented out I get a click and my
> > > Power-Off_Retract_Count has incremented.
> > >
> >
> > I found a solution of sorts on Fedora 6:
> >
> >
> > Edit /etc/rc0.d/S01halt, changing the third-from-last line so it reads:
> >
> > HALTARGS="-d -h -n"
> >
> > Then use the halt(8) command to shut down and turn off the power manually.
> > No click and the "retract" counter does not increment. (Even this procedure
> > incremented the counter until I changed the script.)
> >
> > Seems safe, using the IDE drivers, since they sync the cache anyway.
> >
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