Re: Raspberry pi stop disk spin down

2021-11-28 Thread Jim via PLUG-discuss
Thanks.  I'll look into this.  If I can't get it to make the disk stay spinning, I can always use a cron job to access a small text file every 5 or 10 minutes. On 11/28/21 1:23 PM, AZ Pete via PLUG-discuss wrote: Hi, I have had the same problem with USB connected drives on my Pis, but I neede

Re: Raspberry pi stop disk spin down

2021-11-28 Thread AZ Pete via PLUG-discuss
Hi, I have had the same problem with USB connected drives on my Pis, but I needed the reverse. Namely, I wanted them to spin down after some time. The bottom line is that since the hard drive is connected via USB, the USB hardware itself may prevent the drive from spinning down (or always shut

Re: Modern mobo/component upgrades for old IBM Thinkpads

2021-11-28 Thread Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss
This kind of stuff makes me really happy. On Fri, Nov 26, 2021 at 11:45 AM Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > Hi All, > > I know many of you have expressed your love of Thinkpads over the years, > particularly back in the days when IBM still made them wit