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| From: | Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> | ||
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| To: | gentoo-user@l.g.o | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-user] Turn off usb power on demand | ||
| Date: | Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:25:13 | ||
| Message-Id: | 20081126222455.3588669f@krikkit | ||
| In Reply to: | [gentoo-user] Turn off usb power on demand by Andrea Momesso |
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| 1 | On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 23:11:00 +0100, Andrea Momesso wrote: |
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| 3 | > I only need this disk once a day, when a cron job mounts it, makes |
| 4 | > some backups, and then umounts it. |
| 5 | |
| 6 | > I'd save a lot of electrical power (and I think also disk health) if |
| 7 | > I was able to turn on and off electrical power from the usb |
| 8 | > port. |
| 9 | |
| 10 | You could use hdparm to put the drive to sleep. |
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| 12 | |
| 13 | -- |
| 14 | Neil Bothwick |
| 15 | |
| 16 | Amoebit: Amoeba/rabbit cross; it can multiply and divide at the same time. |
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| Re: [gentoo-user] Turn off usb power on demand | Andrea Momesso <momesso.andrea@×××××.com> |