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you're telling me i have to umount it first and then put it to sleep? |
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because it is mounted it cannot be put to sleep? |
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2009/2/7 Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de> |
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> still mounted. |
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> waking it up if it's |
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> almost always something |
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> put it too sleep. There's |
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> umount it before you |
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> Usually, you have to |
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> Danis Petkakis wrote: |
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>> ok i tried 'hdparm -y /dev/sda' and though i can hear a little noise as if |
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>> the disk is in sleep |
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>> mode after a while (5 secs) it makes a noise as though it is spinning up |
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>> again...also |
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>> 'hdparm -C /dev/sda' shows the disk active/idle...i also tried with |
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>> 'hdparm -S12 /dev/sda' |
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>> but couldn't tell whether it is working or not...how can i make sure it |
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>> actually works? |
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>> 2009/2/7 Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com <mailto:rdalek1967@×××××.com>> |
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>> Danis Petkakis wrote: |
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>> > 2009/2/7 Remy Blank <remy.blank@×××××.com |
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>> <mailto:remy.blank@×××××.com> <mailto:remy.blank@×××××.com |
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>> <mailto:remy.blank@×××××.com>>> |
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>> > |
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>> > Danis Petkakis wrote: |
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>> > > hello there i would like to know if there is such a thing |
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>> as a power |
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>> > > saving scheme as far as hard disks are |
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>> > > concerned...i would like my hard disks to spin down when they |
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>> > are not |
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>> > > being accessed after a defined |
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>> > > period of time...is that possible? any hints on how to do that |
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>> > would be |
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>> > > really appreciated... |
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>> > |
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>> > If your disk is only rarely accessed (i.e. a secondary HD, not |
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>> > containing the root filesystem), look at "hdparm", more |
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>> > specifically the |
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>> > -S option. |
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>> > |
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>> > If you would like to spin down your main HD (e.g. on a laptop), |
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>> > look at |
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>> > app-laptop/laptop-mode-tools. |
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>> > |
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>> > -- Remy |
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>> > does hdparm work on sata hard disks aswell? because i couldn't find |
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>> > such an option |
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>> > in sdparm |
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>> > Danis |
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>> From the man page, right at the top no less. o_O |
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>> NAME |
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>> hdparm - get/set SATA/IDE device parameters |
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>> It should work for SATA to. |
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>> Dale |
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>> :-) :-) |
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