On 10/11/07, Mark Lord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What do you get when you try this: > hdparm -S1 -C /dev/sda;sleep 6; hdparm -C /dev/sda > ??
Thanks for taking an interest. I ran the commands and got the result shown below. Anything else you want me to try? # hdparm -S1 -C /dev/sda; sleep 6; hdparm -C /dev/sda /dev/sda: setting standby to 1 (5 seconds) drive state is: active/idle /dev/sda: drive state is: active/idle Should I give sdparm a shot? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/