Re: Harddrive Powerdown

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From: Roy Batty
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 00:00

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Derek Kwan wrote:
> 
> Hello World,
> 
>  I have a old 486 which doesn't have the power management feature. (i.e.
> the hd will never spin down). And I am running slackware 3.4 (with
> 2.0.35 kernel running) Is there any patches/add-on to the kernel that
> can spin down the hd when it is not in use? I know this is "doable" via
> software because windowz95 can do this....
> 
>  Thanks
> 
> Derek

For IDE-drives use the hdparm-utility (man hdparm).
For SCSI-drives you need the scsi-idle kernel-patch and utilities
(available from sunsite and mirrors).
- Roy
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Date: 1998/11/15
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