Asus eeePC with slackware?

slackwaredanny · 02-12-2010, 07:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mcnalu

I have a 1000H and it's worked like a charm with slackware 13. If you search this forum you'll find various tips and tricks to get subtler features out of it, e.g. spanning across external monitors.

I've got a 160GB traditional drive and I found a problem with a ticking noise from the HD which was a symptom indicating shortened disk life. Putting this line in rc.local fixes it:

/usr/sbin/hdparm -B 254 /dev/sda

More details can be found in another post in this forum.

intrested to learn more about that,checked the other posts but didnt quite get an clear solution.(added this to rc.local works)/solved but would still like to know moore.

Ilgar · 02-13-2010, 02:34 AM

If hdparm worked for you that's good. In an old thread I've posted another solution:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ml#post3413908

Back then I was using another computer and hdparm didn't have any effect, so I was forced to run 'smartctl' regularly to keep the hard disk awake. The sleep period needed might depend on the disk brand, choose a value as low as possible.

slackwaredanny · 02-13-2010, 06:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ilgar

If hdparm worked for you that's good. In an old thread I've posted another solution:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ml#post3413908

Back then I was using another computer and hdparm didn't have any effect, so I was forced to run 'smartctl' regularly to keep the hard disk awake. The sleep period needed might depend on the disk brand, choose a value as low as possible.

exellent info thank you.
i will try your script if the tickings start again.