> > On Sun, 20 Sep 1998, Jimmy Lu wrote: > > : Hi folks, > : > : I have a Debian box turned on 24-hrs a day. > : The hard disk is spinning at the full speed. > : Is there a program to slow down the spinning > : when my system is not in use? Please let me > : know. Thanks in advance. > > You could enable APM support in the kernel, but you shouldn't. Spinning > disks up and down is harder on them then leaving them running all the > time.
I think this might be untrue if your computer is very full and heat becomes an issue. Eric -- E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | tel. office +31 40 2472189 Eindhoven Univ. of Technology | tel. lab. +31 40 2475032 Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (TAK) | tel. fax +31 40 2455054
