Use the hdparm package, which can instruct your drive to spin itself down at a specified timeout (if the drive supports it).
Jonas Bofjall wrote: > I would like my IDE disks (I'd very much appciate a general solution too > which can be used on SCSI systems) to spin down when unmounted. Mounting > them would cause them to spin up again. Is this possible and how? > > thanks > > // Jonas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2:201/262.37] > > -- > E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .