On Tuesday 15 April 2008 04:10:57 Tejun Heo wrote:
quoted text
> Tvrtko A. Ursulin wrote:
> > On Sunday 13 April 2008 04:11:15 Tejun Heo wrote:
> >> Is auto spindown configured for the drive?
> >
> > I don't think so - it's a 3.5" drive with no special PM features - but
> > how to tell?
>
> Hmm... Can you please post the result of "smartctl --version" and
> "smartctl -a > out 2>&1" and dmesg after the smartctl command?

Yep, pasted and attached below. dmesg is 67k, hope list is happy with that.

Tvrtko

root@sol:~# smartctl --version
smartctl version 5.37 [x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-6 Bruce 
Allen
Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/

smartctl comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This
is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License Version 2.
See http://www.gnu.org for further details.

CVS version IDs of files used to build this code are:
Module: atacmdnames.cpp  revision: 1.15  date: 2006/10/22
  uses: atacmdnames.h    revision: 1.5   date: 2006/04/12
Module: atacmds.cpp      revision: 1.177 date: 2006/10/27
  uses: atacmds.h        revision: 1.83  date: 2006/08/25
  uses: configure.in     revision: 1.122 date: 2006/12/20
  uses: extern.h         revision: 1.47  date: 2006/09/15
  uses: int64.h          revision: 1.16  date: 2006/10/29
  uses: scsiata.h        revision: 1.2   date: 2006/07/01
  uses: utility.h        revision: 1.47  date: 2006/10/09
Module: ataprint.cpp     revision: 1.171 date: 2006/10/28
  uses: atacmdnames.h    revision: 1.5   date: 2006/04/12
  uses: atacmds.h        revision: 1.83  date: 2006/08/25
  uses: ataprint.h       revision: 1.29  date: 2006/09/17
  uses: configure.in     revision: 1.122 date: 2006/12/20
  uses: extern.h         revision: 1.47  date: 2006/09/15
  uses: int64.h          revision: 1.16  date: 2006/10/29
  uses: knowndrives.h    revision: 1.17  date: 2006/08/09
  uses: smartctl.h       revision: 1.24  date: 2006/07/20
  uses: utility.h        revision: 1.47  date: 2006/10/09
Module: knowndrives.cpp  revision: 1.156 date: 2006/10/30
  uses: atacmds.h        revision: 1.83  date: 2006/08/25
  uses: ataprint.h       revision: 1.29  date: 2006/09/17
  uses: configure.in     revision: 1.122 date: 2006/12/20
  uses: extern.h         revision: 1.47  date: 2006/09/15
  uses: int64.h          revision: 1.16  date: 2006/10/29
  uses: knowndrives.h    revision: 1.17  date: 2006/08/09
  uses: utility.h        revision: 1.47  date: 2006/10/09
Module: os_linux.cpp     revision: 1.88  date: 2006/10/25
  uses: atacmds.h        revision: 1.83  date: 2006/08/25
  uses: configure.in     revision: 1.122 date: 2006/12/20
  uses: int64.h          revision: 1.16  date: 2006/10/29
  uses: os_linux.h       revision: 1.25  date: 2006/08/25
  uses: scsicmds.h       revision: 1.63  date: 2006/11/12
  uses: utility.h        revision: 1.47  date: 2006/10/09
Module: scsicmds.cpp     revision: 1.92  date: 2006/11/12
  uses: configure.in     revision: 1.122 date: 2006/12/20
  uses: extern.h         revision: 1.47  date: 2006/09/15
  uses: int64.h          revision: 1.16  date: 2006/10/29
  uses: scsicmds.h       revision: 1.63  date: 2006/11/12
  uses: utility.h        revision: 1.47  date: 2006/10/09
Module: scsiprint.cpp    revision: 1.119 date: 2006/11/12
  uses: configure.in     revision: 1.122 date: 2006/12/20
  uses: extern.h         revision: 1.47  date: 2006/09/15
  uses: int64.h          revision: 1.16  date: 2006/10/29
  uses: scsicmds.h       revision: 1.63  date: 2006/11/12
  uses: scsiprint.h      revision: 1.20  date: 2006/04/12
  uses: smartctl.h       revision: 1.24  date: 2006/07/20
  uses: utility.h        revision: 1.47  date: 2006/10/09
Module: smartctl.cpp     revision: 1.156 date: 2006/10/09
  uses: atacmds.h        revision: 1.83  date: 2006/08/25
  uses: ataprint.h       revision: 1.29  date: 2006/09/17
  uses: configure.in     revision: 1.122 date: 2006/12/20
  uses: extern.h         revision: 1.47  date: 2006/09/15
  uses: int64.h          revision: 1.16  date: 2006/10/29
  uses: knowndrives.h    revision: 1.17  date: 2006/08/09
  uses: scsicmds.h       revision: 1.63  date: 2006/11/12
  uses: scsiprint.h      revision: 1.20  date: 2006/04/12
  uses: smartctl.h       revision: 1.24  date: 2006/07/20
  uses: utility.h        revision: 1.47  date: 2006/10/09
Module: utility.cpp      revision: 1.62  date: 2006/08/09
  uses: configure.in     revision: 1.122 date: 2006/12/20
  uses: int64.h          revision: 1.16  date: 2006/10/29
  uses: utility.h        revision: 1.47  date: 2006/10/09

smartmontools release 5.37 dated 2006/12/20 at 20:37:59 UTC
smartmontools build host: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
smartmontools build configured: 2007/09/12 22:04:20 UTC
smartctl compile dated Sep 12 2007 at 22:04:32
smartmontools configure 
arguments:  '--prefix=/usr' '--sysconfdir=/etc' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--with-initscriptdir=/etc/init.d' '--with-docdir=/usr/share/doc/smartmontools' 'CFLAGS=-fsigned-char -Wall -O2'