Danis Petkakis wrote: > hello there i would like to know if there is such a thing as a power > saving scheme as far as hard disks are > concerned...i would like my hard disks to spin down when they are not > being accessed after a defined > period of time...is that possible? any hints on how to do that would be > really appreciated...
If your disk is only rarely accessed (i.e. a secondary HD, not containing the root filesystem), look at "hdparm", more specifically the -S option. If you would like to spin down your main HD (e.g. on a laptop), look at app-laptop/laptop-mode-tools. -- Remy
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