Hi. Ive been reading the http://minnie.tuhs.org/twiki/bin/vie...akingHDDsQuiet document and I'm still looking for ways to quieten down my 200GB Seagate ATA100 7200RPM 8MB Cache HD (I think it can only run at ATA 33 max anyway due to the 40-pin cable?) I chucked in my new Series 1 HDR31202. Newer Seagates are supposed to be quiter than their older drivers (and Maxtors) from what I've read. But I still think it's still too loud for me.
I don't think speed of the disk is much of a requirement with the Tivo, so I'm looking to slow it down.
Anyone got a newer hdparm binary that could be copied across to most Tivos with the OzTivo image?:
[TiVo [p0] /var/hack/hdparm.3.6]# uname -a
Linux (none) 2.1.24-TiVo-2.5 #5 Mon Dec 15 05:15:21 EST 2003 ppc unknown
Coz then we can use the "hdparm -M128 /dev/hda" command I've been reading about to slow down the speed of the drive, and hopefully quieten it as a result.
I might have to resort to the Feature Tool mentioned in the document but that doesn't have as many settings as the newer hdparm releases. Thanks for any info anyone can supply!
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