Bug 179288

Summary:	sys-apps/sysvinit Implement spindown_compat management
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Fabio Correa <facorread>
Component:	[OLD] baselayout	Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages <base-system>
Status:	VERIFIED WORKSFORME
Severity:	major
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Fabio Correa 2007-05-21 01:46:35 UTC

Some SATA drives produce a weird noise when shutting down. This is due to shutdown(8)'s incorrect spindown procedure.

General info: http://linux-ata.org/shutdown.html
Technical info: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7674

This bug is important because the lifetime of our hard disks is getting shorter.

Comment 1 Roy Marples (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-05-31 06:09:11 UTC

Our shutdown isn't patched to send SATA disks into standby, so this issue does not affect us.