Somebody in the thread at some point said: >> deliberately using it) at boot time, or have a SMART daemon >> configuration that throws up a warning about there being a very large >> number of head parks within a short time period, the same as you get >> warnings about read errors, etc., prompting users to reconfigure the >> settings themselves, as best suited their own needs. > > Not a bad idea at all - file bug/send patches. A little more on this, I found http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Problem_with_hard_drive_clicking it mentions # hdparm -B 192 /dev/sda for a similar Toshiba drive to mine, and sure enough it stops the Load_Cycle count cranking up here along with the clicking I have suddenly become extremely sensitized to. Apparently you should stick it in /etc/rc.local to make it stick. -Andy
