Re: Hard disk spinning down

["E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)" <tgakem@sg10.chem.tue.nl>]

> 
> On Sun, 20 Sep 1998, Jimmy Lu wrote:
> 
>  : Hi folks,
>  : 
>  : I have a Debian box turned on 24-hrs a day.
>  : The hard disk is spinning at the full speed.
>  : Is there a program to slow down the spinning
>  : when my system is not in use?  Please let me
>  : know.  Thanks in advance.
> 
> You could enable APM support in the kernel, but you shouldn't.  Spinning
> disks up and down is harder on them then leaving them running all the
> time.

I think this might be untrue if your computer is very full and heat
becomes an issue.

Eric

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