Comment 11 for bug 875719

I have upgraded to 12.04LTS server and that does not respect /etc/hdparm.conf either.

My hdparm.conf file looks like this:
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bob@server01:~$ cat /etc/hdparm.conf
/dev/sda{
        spindown_time = 30
        write_cache = off
        sleep
        }
/dev/sdb{
        spindown_time = 30
        write_cache = off
        sleep
        }
/dev/sdc{
        spindown_time = 30
        write_cache = off
        sleep
        }
/dev/sdd{
        spindown_time = 30
        write_cache = off
        sleep
        }

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After a reboot my disks are active.

If I issue
sudo hdparm -Y /dev/sd{a..d}
then they go into standby.

Is there a log file that can confirm hdparm is being accessed at all?