hdparm Menu: specify drive

[tjanas]

On my RetroNAS, my storage device is /dev/sdb and not /dev/sda.

/dev/sda is hard-coded in the following:

ansible/templates/install_hdparm/hdparm-manager.sh.j2
ansible/templates/install_hdparm/hdparm.sh.j2

Can the RetroNAS hdparm Menu be updated to specify the drive?

[sairuk]

it was hardcoded originally while testing, a selector still needs to be written for this functionality but yes it can be done.

[sairuk]

A drive selector for hdparm has been pushed to testing, the selector supports a single drive. but the config file can be manually edited to add additional drives (one per line) if required

[tjanas]

I have noticed that the hdparm service does not get started after reboot; how can I enable it to be started after boot?

[sairuk]

the hdparm service isn't enabled directly it is run from a timer and should run 3m after a reboot, then every 3m thereafter

[tjanas]

I believe that the timer did not fire 3 minutes after a reboot for me.

pi@retronas:~$ uptime
 15:22:11 up 19:21,  1 user,  load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
pi@retronas:~$ systemctl list-timers
NEXT                        LEFT          LAST                        PASSED       UNIT                         ACTIVATES
Mon 2023-11-13 15:24:07 CST 1min 49s left Mon 2023-11-13 15:19:37 CST 2min 40s ago hdparm.timer                 hdparm.service
Mon 2023-11-13 16:52:13 CST 1h 29min left Sun 2023-11-12 21:34:37 CST 17h ago      apt-daily.timer              apt-daily.service
Mon 2023-11-13 20:15:37 CST 4h 53min left Sun 2023-11-12 20:15:37 CST 19h ago      systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service
Tue 2023-11-14 00:00:00 CST 8h left       Mon 2023-11-13 00:00:37 CST 15h ago      exim4-base.timer             exim4-base.service
Tue 2023-11-14 00:00:00 CST 8h left       Mon 2023-11-13 00:00:37 CST 15h ago      logrotate.timer              logrotate.service
Tue 2023-11-14 00:00:00 CST 8h left       Mon 2023-11-13 00:00:37 CST 15h ago      man-db.timer                 man-db.service
Tue 2023-11-14 06:25:58 CST 15h left      Mon 2023-11-13 06:01:11 CST 9h ago       apt-daily-upgrade.timer      apt-daily-upgrade.service
Sun 2023-11-19 03:10:30 CST 5 days left   Sun 2023-11-12 07:04:40 CST 1 day 8h ago e2scrub_all.timer            e2scrub_all.service
Mon 2023-11-20 00:42:11 CST 6 days left   Mon 2023-11-13 01:28:37 CST 13h ago      fstrim.timer                 fstrim.service

9 timers listed.
Pass --all to see loaded but inactive timers, too.
pi@retronas:~$ sudo reboot

pi@retronas:~$ uptime
 15:23:10 up 0 min,  1 user,  load average: 0.77, 0.19, 0.06
pi@retronas:~$ systemctl list-timers
NEXT                        LEFT        LAST                        PASSED       UNIT                         ACTIVATES
Mon 2023-11-13 15:37:42 CST 14min left  n/a                         n/a          systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service
Mon 2023-11-13 16:16:01 CST 52min left  Sun 2023-11-12 21:34:37 CST 17h ago      apt-daily.timer              apt-daily.service
Tue 2023-11-14 00:00:00 CST 8h left     Mon 2023-11-13 00:00:37 CST 15h ago      exim4-base.timer             exim4-base.service
Tue 2023-11-14 00:00:00 CST 8h left     Mon 2023-11-13 00:00:37 CST 15h ago      logrotate.timer              logrotate.service
Tue 2023-11-14 00:00:00 CST 8h left     Mon 2023-11-13 00:00:37 CST 15h ago      man-db.timer                 man-db.service
Tue 2023-11-14 06:48:15 CST 15h left    Mon 2023-11-13 06:01:11 CST 9h ago       apt-daily-upgrade.timer      apt-daily-upgrade.service
Sun 2023-11-19 03:10:32 CST 5 days left Sun 2023-11-12 07:04:40 CST 1 day 8h ago e2scrub_all.timer            e2scrub_all.service
Mon 2023-11-20 00:36:44 CST 6 days left Mon 2023-11-13 01:28:37 CST 13h ago      fstrim.timer                 fstrim.service

8 timers listed.
Pass --all to see loaded but inactive timers, too.
pi@retronas:~$ date
Mon 13 Nov 2023 03:23:31 PM CST
pi@retronas:~$ sleep 300; date; systemctl list-timers
Mon 13 Nov 2023 03:28:49 PM CST
NEXT                        LEFT        LAST                        PASSED       UNIT                         ACTIVATES
Mon 2023-11-13 15:37:42 CST 8min left   n/a                         n/a          systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service
Mon 2023-11-13 16:16:01 CST 47min left  Sun 2023-11-12 21:34:37 CST 17h ago      apt-daily.timer              apt-daily.service
Tue 2023-11-14 00:00:00 CST 8h left     Mon 2023-11-13 00:00:37 CST 15h ago      exim4-base.timer             exim4-base.service
Tue 2023-11-14 00:00:00 CST 8h left     Mon 2023-11-13 00:00:37 CST 15h ago      logrotate.timer              logrotate.service
Tue 2023-11-14 00:00:00 CST 8h left     Mon 2023-11-13 00:00:37 CST 15h ago      man-db.timer                 man-db.service
Tue 2023-11-14 06:48:15 CST 15h left    Mon 2023-11-13 06:01:11 CST 9h ago       apt-daily-upgrade.timer      apt-daily-upgrade.service
Sun 2023-11-19 03:10:32 CST 5 days left Sun 2023-11-12 07:04:40 CST 1 day 8h ago e2scrub_all.timer            e2scrub_all.service
Mon 2023-11-20 00:36:44 CST 6 days left Mon 2023-11-13 01:28:37 CST 14h ago      fstrim.timer                 fstrim.service

8 timers listed.
Pass --all to see loaded but inactive timers, too.

[sairuk]

the timer wasn't enabled on start and never ran on boot which makes sense based on the behaviour described. I have pushed a fix to testing