Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 25 Sep 2002 16:06:26 +0100 | From | Padraig Brady <> | Subject | Re: hdparm -Y hangup |
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Mark Lord wrote: > Peter wrote: > >> >> Clarification: is it the case that hdparm -Y (sleep) will cool the >> drive off better than hdparm -y (suspend)? > > > In theory, -Y is capable of greater power (heat) savings than -y, > but in practice this will be model-specific and probably > will pale in comparism to the huge savings from -y alone.
True. Is there any chance you could mark -Y (DANGEROUS). Even if it is dangerous currently because of an IDE bug it still is dangerous.
>> I read somewhere that -Y only works on unmounted drives. This appears >> to be false. Comments? > > It should work on the raw drive regardless.
thanks, Pádraig.
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