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DateThu, 03 Aug 2006 07:44:42 +0200
FromHarald Dunkel <>
SubjectRe: 2.6.18-rc2, problem to wake up spinned down drive?
Hi Pavel,

Pavel Machek wrote:
> 
> How do you manage to spindown SATA disks? I tried hdparm -y, but that
> did not work iirc.
> 							Pavel
> 

"hdparm -S"?

Please note that standard 3.5" disks are not made to spin
down every 5 minutes. This feature can reduce the lifespan
of your disk, AFAIK.


Regards

Harri


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