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From: Andrea Momesso <momesso.andrea@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Turn off usb power on demand
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:11:03
Message-Id: 94f5c8410811261411y63ea6a6pd6b03e85902f0c2@mail.gmail.com
1 I have an usb external disk attached to a machine running
2 gentoo.
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5 I only need this disk once a day, when a cron job mounts it, makes
6 some
7 backups, and then umounts
8 it.
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12 I'd save a lot of electrical power (and I think also disk health) if
13 I
14 was able to turn on and off electrical power from the usb
15 port.
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18 Is that
19 possbile?
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23 --
24 Momesso (TopperH) Andrea
25 http://topperh.blogspot.com
26 Jabber: topper_harley@××××××.org
27 ICQ: 224179391

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Re: [gentoo-user] Turn off usb power on demand Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
Re: [gentoo-user] Turn off usb power on demand Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann@××××××××××××.de>