Maybe this would help? http://staff.washington.edu/xyzzy/scsi.html Jen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Walt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 5:28 PM Subject: Re: [techtalk] put a drive to sleep... > hdparm seemed to be exactly what I was > looking for, but the -y (put in standby) > -C (current power status) and -S (set > sleep-when-idle timeout) all give this error: > > /dev/sde: > Operation not permitted on a scsi drive. > > Any more suggestions? I tried the newly- > learned 'apropos' looking for sleep or spin > or power (even 'down') and nothing apropriate > came up. Is it possible to setup up apmd to > shut down a drive at a specific time? > > Walt > > -~ > > > ************ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org > > ************ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org