Re: Hard drive to sleep

On 10/13/18 12:00 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: > >> On 10/13/18 10:03 AM, Patrick Dupre wrote: >>> Yes, fedora 28 >>> It is probably a rest of old versions which have been updated, or becasue >>> I wanted to save room on the SSD. >>> How can I change for the "standard" setting. >> That sorta depends on

Re: Hard drive to sleep

> On 10/13/18 10:03 AM, Patrick Dupre wrote: > > Yes, fedora 28 > > It is probably a rest of old versions which have been updated, or becasue > > I wanted to save room on the SSD. > > How can I change for the "standard" setting. > > That sorta depends on how you configured your system in the pas

Re: Hard drive to sleep

On 10/13/18 10:03 AM, Patrick Dupre wrote: > Yes, fedora 28 > It is probably a rest of old versions which have been updated, or becasue > I wanted to save room on the SSD. > How can I change for the "standard" setting. That sorta depends on how you configured your system in the past to use real d

Re: Hard drive to sleep

> > On 10/12/18 4:11 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: > > There maybe a good reason why I cannot put this drive at sleep. > > The /tmp partition is on this disk! > Are you using Fedora? Yes, fedora 28 It is probably a rest of old versions which have been updated, or becasue I wanted to save room on the SS

Re: Hard drive to sleep

On 10/12/18 4:11 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: There maybe a good reason why I cannot put this drive at sleep. The /tmp partition is on this disk! Are you using Fedora? For several years, Fedora by default put /tmp on tmpfs. Ralf ___ users mailing list --

Re: Hard drive to sleep

> > On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 03:27:56PM +0200, Patrick Dupre wrote: > >Hello, > > > >I made some tests, but it is strange to me. > >dparm -Y /dev/sdb > > I don't use the "-Y" (uppercase) option, so I really can't comment on > it ... lower case (-y) works lie a charm here ... > > > > >/dev/sdb: > >

Re: Hard drive to sleep

On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 03:27:56PM +0200, Patrick Dupre wrote: Hello, I made some tests, but it is strange to me. dparm -Y /dev/sdb I don't use the "-Y" (uppercase) option, so I really can't comment on it ... lower case (-y) works lie a charm here ... /dev/sdb: issuing sleep command then

Re: Hard drive to sleep

"Community support for Fedora users" > Subject: Re: Hard drive to sleep > > On Mon, Oct 08, 2018 at 06:45:38PM +0200, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > >On Sun, Oct 07, 2018 at 08:16:56PM +0200, Patrick Dupre wrote: > > >> > >>I would like to make the hard dri

Re: Hard drive to sleep

On Tue, Oct 09, 2018 at 12:16:27PM +1030, Tim via users wrote: Allegedly, on or about 8 October 2018, Wolfgang Pfeiffer sent: Except "-y" will not mean "sleeping" mode (i.e. complete shutdown, which can be done with the "-Y" switch) but standby mode, which simply seems to just spin down the disk

Re: Hard drive to sleep

Allegedly, on or about 8 October 2018, Wolfgang Pfeiffer sent: > Except "-y" will not mean "sleeping" mode (i.e. complete shutdown, > which can be done with the "-Y" switch) but standby mode, which > simply seems to just spin down the disk. I can't imagine there being much difference power-usage-w

Re: Hard drive to sleep

On Mon, Oct 08, 2018 at 06:45:38PM +0200, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: On Sun, Oct 07, 2018 at 08:16:56PM +0200, Patrick Dupre wrote: I would like to make the hard drive sleeping. I can use hdparm -y /dev/sdx seems to work here .. Except "-y" will not mean "sleeping" mode (i.e. complete shutd

Re: Hard drive to sleep

Please: See the man pages for the commands below - it looks like they did what I wanted them to do: but obviously that doesn't mean it's right ... On Sun, Oct 07, 2018 at 08:16:56PM +0200, Patrick Dupre wrote: Hello Thank, However, I am not sure to peak every things. What does it mean HW-wise

Re: Hard drive to sleep

On Mon, 2018-10-08 at 09:23 -0400, Tony Nelson wrote: > On 18-10-08 05:32:14, Patrick Dupre wrote: > ... > > Power mode is:ACTIVE or IDLE > > ... > > == spinning. See `man hdparm` and "-C". It's probably spinning because he didn't use the --nocheck option, meaning it spins up to read th

Re: Hard drive to sleep

On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 6:48 AM Tony Nelson wrote: > On 18-10-08 05:32:14, Patrick Dupre wrote: > ... > > Power mode is:ACTIVE or IDLE > ... > > == spinning. See `man hdparm` and "-C". > > -- > > TonyN.:'

Re: Hard drive to sleep

On 18-10-08 05:32:14, Patrick Dupre wrote: ... Power mode is:ACTIVE or IDLE ... == spinning. See `man hdparm` and "-C". -- TonyN.:' '

Re: Hard drive to sleep

On Mon, 2018-10-08 at 11:32 +0200, Patrick Dupre wrote: > Subject: Re: Hard drive to sleep > > > > On Mon, 2018-10-08 at 09:46 +0200, Patrick Dupre wrote: > > > I am a laptop running a SSD, and an additional Hard drive which is barely > > > used > > >

Re: Hard drive to sleep

Subject: Re: Hard drive to sleep > > On Mon, 2018-10-08 at 09:46 +0200, Patrick Dupre wrote: > > I am a laptop running a SSD, and an additional Hard drive which is barely > > used > > When I am running an battery, I would like to put the HD on sleep, and > > wake

Re: Hard drive to sleep

On Mon, 2018-10-08 at 09:46 +0200, Patrick Dupre wrote: > I am a laptop running a SSD, and an additional Hard drive which is barely used > When I am running an battery, I would like to put the HD on sleep, and > wake it up only if I need it. > I would to do it manually, and do it again at each boot

Re: Hard drive to sleep

> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2018 at 8:18 AM > From: "Ralf Corsepius" > To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Subject: Re: Hard drive to sleep > On 10/7/18 11:48 PM, Tim via users wrote: > > Allegedly, on or about 7 October 2018, Ralf Corsepius sent: > >>

Re: Hard drive to sleep

On 10/7/18 11:48 PM, Tim via users wrote: Allegedly, on or about 7 October 2018, Ralf Corsepius sent: HW-wise you should check if your drive-hardware is suiteable to be frequently "put to sleep/woken up". Most NAS- or server-class HDDs are not, most desktop/notbook drives are. All the domestic

Re: Hard drive to sleep

Allegedly, on or about 7 October 2018, Ralf Corsepius sent: > HW-wise you should check if your drive-hardware is suiteable to be > frequently "put to sleep/woken up". Most NAS- or server-class HDDs > are not, most desktop/notbook drives are. All the domestic NASs, that I've seen, put their drives

Re: Hard drive to sleep

> From: "Ralf Corsepius" > To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Subject: Re: Hard drive to sleep > > On 10/7/18 9:29 AM, Patrick Dupre wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Is it safe to put a hard drive on sleep? > Depends on your use-case. > > SW-wi

Re: Hard drive to sleep

On 10/7/18 9:29 AM, Patrick Dupre wrote: Hello, Is it safe to put a hard drive on sleep? Depends on your use-case. SW-wise it is pretty save to "put to sleep" not frequently used drives ("data"/"backup" drives). "Putting to sleep" drives hosting system-partitions or partitions hosting your

Hard drive to sleep

Hello, Is it safe to put a hard drive on sleep? I will have to wake it up, later. (I need to minimize the power consumption during a period of time) Thank. /dev/sdb: ATA device, with non-removable media Model Number: HGST HTS721010A9E630 Serial Number: