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  1. Bug #59695
  2. Comment #280

Comment 280 for bug 59695

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Bart Samwel (bart-samwel) wrote : Re: [Bug 59695] Re: High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime

Wouter Deconinck wrote:
> My hard disk spins up when you call hddtemp. Sorry to spoil the fun.
> Cheers!
>
> # hdparm -C /dev/sda && hddtemp /dev/sda && hdparm -C /dev/sda
>
> /dev/sda:
> drive state is: standby
> /dev/sda: TOSHIBA MK8034GSX: 41°C
>
> /dev/sda:
> drive state is: active/idle

Hi Wouter,

Did you make sure that hddtemp was in the cache before doing this? To be
  sure you could do someting like:

hddtemp /dev/sda
<wait until hard drive spins down>
hdparm -C /dev/sda && hddtemp /dev/sda && hdparm -C /dev/sda

Cheers,
Bart