How to run hdparm on boot in Slackware linux?

Question

My questions are about running hdparm on boot I have following /etc/hdparm.conf file:

/dev/sda {
    apm = 255
    spindown_time = 0
}

• So, how I can specify hdparm to use this settings from the file?
• How to run it on the boot time as earlier as it possible without further rewriting this configuration? For example, with another APM management tool like some kde app.

Answer 1

I'd say the easiest solution would be to put the call to hdparm in /etc/rc.d/rc.local.

/etc/rc.d/rc.local is called before the Window manager (eg. KDE) is even started. As your configuration file is located at the default location where hdparm looks, this should work fine.