David Wright wrote: > > Wha not using "hdparm"? > > Would you be more specific and include the options you are suggesting. > There are over 60 available, some dangerous. I don't use hdparm anymore and can't memorize. But I'd gone to Google, and they tell me: "hdparm -I /dev/sdX -S 0" Regards, Klaus. -- Klaus Singvogel GnuPG-Key-ID: 1024R/5068792D 1994-06-27