On Tue, 11 Jan 2000 14:39:24 -0800, Walt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >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? I don't know if it works with SCSI devices, but you might try using hdparm -y or -Y. Kelly ************ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org