Feature request.
It would be very nice for d2x to read sector from hdd which resides on cylinder near landing zone for heads just before switching console off.
Now every time I shut down wii there is "click" sound.
Yes I understand that is perfectly normal behaviour (auto park heads) of hdd when power is cut down.
But it might be very nice to help hdd a little and move heads closer to their park position.
Thank you.
ps.
I'm guessing that land zone is after last cylinder. So reading last sector should be efficient.
+1
Same thing happens to my HDD too!
It would be great if
davebaol could implement a small fix to prevent this!
There isn't much you can do, it's going to make a noise to unload the head. Seeking across the disk before will still make the same noise that it does when the heads are unloaded.
http://www.hitachigs...paper_FINAL.pdf
I find the sound of the motor spinning down louder than the head unloading anyway.
There must be something different in following picture.
When I use same disc with linux based pc there is no click sound at all under disconnection.
No special magic involved, just regular umount before unplug.
The difference is the placement of the head prior to power loss, if its closer to the inner track, the head has to fling quickly back to the outside edge of the drive in order to lock itself securely for power down
if closer to the outside... well, you get the idea.