I'm not even sure what to search for on this one... I have a 9 gb scsi drive that I actually only will need to spin up once every 24 hrs or so, backup information onto it and go back to sleep. Is there some command or function that I can use that tells a hard drive to spin down, etc? Thanks, Walt He who hates vice, hates men. John, Viscount Morley ************ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org