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Danis Petkakis wrote: |
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> 2009/2/7 Remy Blank <remy.blank@×××××.com <mailto:remy.blank@×××××.com>> |
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> Danis Petkakis wrote: |
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> > hello there i would like to know if there is such a thing 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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> 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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> 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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> -- 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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