after hdparm -S 1 The drive is making a lot less sound. I will monitor it. Also have to see if this is permanent or I have to put it in a startup cron task. Thanks On 11/11/19 3:55 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > > On 11/11/19 10:46 AM, Leon Fauster via CentOS wrote: >> Am 11.11.19 um 14:28 schrieb Stephen John Smoogen: >>> On Sun, 10 Nov 2019 at 17:12, Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I just built a CentOS7 system on a Zotac NANO PC. >>>> >>>> I used a 320GB 2.5" HD I had sitting around and installed with >>>> Standard >>>> Partitions on XFS. >>>> >>>> The drive is spinning, nonstop. >>> >>> I would check the NANO to see if its firmware has any settings or >>> updates which cover this. Then check if the drive has firmware updates >>> needed. Motherboard and drive firmware fixes have been the things I >>> have found to fix most of the problems for drive 'not powering down' >>> problems. I think the last one I remember on IRC was a drive set came >>> up in a mode saying 'I am in fast access mode' or something and so the >>> motherboard kept it spinning up all the time to make sure it could >>> write quickly. >>> >>> >> >> Maybe >> >> $ hdparm -S >> >> helps? Take a look into >> >> $ man hdparm > > It looks like -S 1 > > sets standby at 5 sec idle. I kind of doubt this will matter, but I > am trying it. > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos