[Gllug] re: disk spin-up/down

[Rev Simon Rumble]

On Wed 12 Nov, Richard Jones bloviated thus:

> I know it'll make the disk run longer, but I'll trade shorter life for
> a bit of peace and quiet. It's a Maxtor IDE drive and it has a really
> annoying high-pitched whine when it's spinning.

hdparm can adjust the acoustic setting on your drive.  My Maxtor drive
performs slightly less effectively but sounds a lot quieter when I set
it to "255".

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