Re: powerdown harddisk
On Wed, 20 Apr 2011 12:06:33 -0700, geertsky wrote:
> I want to powerdown my ide harddisk completly. I'm booting from a usb
> stick so the IDE disk is CONSUMING... I have an old laptop so I'd like
> to preserver as much as possible.
>
> I tried hdparm -Y /dev/sda but hdparm -C /dev/sda reports it's only in
> standby...
> And actually I can hear it spinning... It must be possible to power it
> down completly no?
>
> Any ideas?
How about unmounting the device?
Greetings,
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Camaleón
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