NAME
hdapsd - park the drive in case of an emergency
SYNOPSIS
hdapsd [-f|-d <device>|-s <sensitivity>|-a|-v|-b|-p|-t|-y|-l|-V|-h]
OPTIONS
-d --device=<device>
<device> is likely to be hda or sda. Can be given multiple times
to protect multiple devices.
-f --force
Force unloading heads, even if kernel thinks different (on pre
ATA7 drives). This only works when adding devices by hand (-d).
-s --sensitivity=<sensitivity>
How sensitive hdapsd should be to movements. Defaults to 15,
higher values mean less sensitive.
-a --adaptive
Adaptive threshold (automatic increase when the built-in
keyboard/mouse are used).
-v --verbose
Get verbose statistics.
-b --background
Run the process in the background.
-p --pidfile[=<pidfile>]
Create a pid file when running in background. If <pidfile> is
not specified, it’s set to /var/run/hdapsd.pid.
-t --dry-run
Don’t actually park the drive.
-y --poll-sysfs
Force use of sysfs interface to accelerometer.
-l --syslog
Log to syslog instead of stdout/stderr.
-V --version
Display version information and exit.
-h --help
Display help and exit.
You can send SIGUSR1 to deactivate hdapsd for 8 seconds.