Re: spinning down disk when needed

2004-07-08 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello H. S. (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I have a second hard disk /dev/hdb which has nothing installed on it > and is used only for video data. So I uses it only a few hours a week. > > I am wondering if I can spin it down when it is not mounted or when > not being used and spin it up when ne

Re: spinning down disk when needed

2004-07-08 Thread j2
>packages in Debian > that can do this? hdparm (assuming IDE/ATAPI disk) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: spinning down disk when needed

2004-07-08 Thread Sven Hoexter
On Thu, Jul 08, 2004 at 04:01:31PM -0400, H. S. wrote: > I have a second hard disk /dev/hdb which has nothing installed on it and > is used only for video data. So I uses it only a few hours a week. > > I am wondering if I can spin it down when it is not mounted or when not > being used and spin

spinning down disk when needed

2004-07-08 Thread H. S.
I have a second hard disk /dev/hdb which has nothing installed on it and is used only for video data. So I uses it only a few hours a week. I am wondering if I can spin it down when it is not mounted or when not being used and spin it up when needed. Any wepages or packages in Debian that can d