Re: spinning down disk when needed
On Thu, Jul 08, 2004 at 04:01:31PM -0400, H. S. wrote:
> I have a second hard disk /dev/hdb which has nothing installed on it and
> is used only for video data. So I uses it only a few hours a week.
>
> I am wondering if I can spin it down when it is not mounted or when not
> being used and spin it up when needed. Any wepages or packages in Debian
> that can do this?
hdparm should be the tool you're searching.
Sven
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It ain't so bad bein' alone if you know it'll never last nothing lasts forever
'cept the certainly of change and love's the same It's a game with simple rules
If you think it's forever then you're nothing but a fool
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