[Bug 568120] Re: [Lucid] hdparm.conf change doesn't have effect

[Bob Harvey]

@ Pjotr
Just found this and tried it.  It makes no difference.  Thanks anyway.

I am now running 12.04LTS, and the problem is unsolved.

I suspect this bug should be marked as a duplicate of Bug 595138 ?

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Title:
  [Lucid] hdparm.conf change doesn't have effect

Status in “hdparm” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  'hdparm' doesn't come with an init script anymore, and the udev script
  doesn't use all the documented sections in 'hdparm.conf'.  More
  specifically, the 'command_line' doesn't get used anymore. As a result
  of this change, people get into trouble after an upgrade, or when they
  try to use documented features.

  This new behaviour is not documented in the release notes, and the
  manpage & the comments in the default hdparm.conf file still document
  the old behaviour.

  Either this is a regression, or the new behaviour needs to be
  documented...

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  Original bug description:

  In 10.04, changing /etc/hdparm.conf has no effect. I used to tame the hard disk of my netbook in 9.10 by adding the following lines to /etc/hdparm.conf, in order to stop the constant clicking:
  command_line {
                hdparm -B 254 /dev/sda
  }

  In 10.04 this has no effect. After each boot I have to issue manually the terminal command:
  sudo hdparm -B 254 /dev/sda

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