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Park disc head (disable please)

Asked by David Khee Choy

Hi

My hard disc got bad sectors after a few months working on Ubuntu. I suspect this is due to the constant parking disc head that is automatically enabled by Ubuntu (so as to save battery).

Can anyone let me know how to disable the 'park disc head' feature before I go ahead and install ubuntu on my newly bought hard disc?

Thanks a lot
David

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Is it the internal drive or is it an external USB drive, please?

What is the output of:

sudo fdisk -l; lsb_release -a; uname -a

Thanks

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David Khee Choy (tioung) said : 		#2

Hi

Thank you for your reply.

It was an internal hdd. Since the hdd went bad, I have been using a USB. Obviously, I cannot go on working on a USB.

So, last week, I had someone replace the hdd with another one. That new hdd is actually around 1 year old and has Windows 7 (obsolete) on it.

So, I am now in a situation where I cannot use my new internal hdd (because it has an obsolete Windows on it) and I cannot go ahead with installing Ubuntu on that hdd for the lack of knowing how to disable the 'Park disc head' feature.

so, to answer your question, I am unable to tell the output of:

sudo fdisk -l; lsb_release -a; uname -a

regards
David

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Copy the command and paste it into a terminal and press ENTER. Type your login password (you will get no feedback) and press ENTER. Copy the output and paste as an update on your question

Does this help
https://askubuntu.com/questions/891173/disable-spinning-down-of-hdd-in-16-04

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David Khee Choy (tioung) said : 		#4

Disk /dev/loop0: 1.8 GiB, 1905045504 bytes, 3720792 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Disk /dev/loop1: 91 MiB, 95408128 bytes, 186344 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Disk /dev/loop2: 34.6 MiB, 36216832 bytes, 70736 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Disk /dev/loop3: 140.7 MiB, 147496960 bytes, 288080 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Disk /dev/loop4: 2.3 MiB, 2355200 bytes, 4600 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Disk /dev/loop5: 13 MiB, 13619200 bytes, 26600 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Disk /dev/loop6: 14.5 MiB, 15208448 bytes, 29704 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Disk /dev/loop7: 3.7 MiB, 3878912 bytes, 7576 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Disk /dev/sda: 931.5 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x6a3dd84f

Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sda1 * 2048 206847 204800 100M 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2 206848 1953521663 1953314816 931.4G 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

Disk /dev/sdb: 59.1 GiB, 63438848000 bytes, 123904000 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x11b03a51

Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sdb1 * 2048 123903999 123901952 59.1G c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS
Release: 18.04
Codename: bionic
Linux ubuntu 4.18.0-15-generic #16~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Thu Feb 7 14:06:04 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

Does the link help? I'd imagine hdparm would used here.....

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David Khee Choy (tioung) said : 		#6

Ok. I will install Ubuntu on my had and try the link you sent me and see how it goes.
Thanks for your kind help.

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David Khee Choy (tioung) said : 		#7

hdd and not had. Sorry.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#8

I'm sorry I don't understand your last post... Can you expand please

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David Khee Choy (tioung) said : 		#9

Well, currently I am using Ubuntu on my flash drive.

I am going to install Ubuntu on my hdd and then try to fix that 'park head disc' issue using the link that you sent me.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#10

OK cool. The hdparm command controls how drives are used.

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