FC2: Harddisk switched off when rebooting

[mambo]

Hi all,

I've freshly installed FC2 and I'm experiencing a strange problem: When I reboot my pc the harddisks are switched off right before the BIOS boot screen appears. At the end of the BIOS boot sequence the harddisks spin up again and the system continues booting.

As I don't want the harddisk to be switched off and on whenever the pc gets rebooted, I'd like to know what I can do against this behaviour. :confused:

Is there anybody experiencing the same problem? Does somebody know a solution?

Thanks in advance for any hint! :)

[Netsplite]

Same here during the install, after it was done it stopped my hd's, during the post it spinned them up again(can't be that good for the hd's?)

[ghaefb]

Yes, same here.. wtf?

[mambo]

Hi again,

I've found the corresponding bug report:

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=122966

[Netsplite]

Hopefully they will fix this soon, luckily we don't have to reboot alot because of it beeing linux and all ;)

[ghaefb]

I noticed this only because I recompiled my kernel, and I had to restart..
I think I won't have to restart my Fedora box again... so it's cool :)

[mambo]

I'm using a dual boot pc (FC2 / XP) and I have to reboot it at least 3 times per day. I don't like this, but I have no choice... :rolleyes:

As I don't want to kill my harddisks by spinning them down an up for every reboot, I'll be VERY happy if there is a fix for this problem...

[bahamot]

so for now, there's no workaround/fix for this issue?

[jazzer]

I'm using FC1 with kernel 2.6.6-mm4, anyways, I've been using the 2.6 kernels since 2.6.1 and the harddisk powering down while rebooting only happens with vanilla kernel 2.6.6. I would suggest, if it bugs you that much to either a) find a kernel rpm for 2.6.5 for FC2 test releases b) or install a kernel from the 2.6.6-mm (Andrew Morton's patches). The 2.6.5 route would be the easiest and safest route for people that don't know much about recompiling their kernels.

[mambo]

The problem is fixed in the test kernel rpms (currently 2.6.6-1.397) available from this url:

http://people.redhat.com/arjanv/2.6/RPMS.kernel/