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alphaniner

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From: Ancapistan

Registered: 2010-07-12

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[Solved] Need to disable/reenable HDD while system is up

Is there a command I can use to disable an (idle) HDD, like in Windows Device Manager where I can right-click -> disable?  I need other devices on the same bus to be unaffected, and I need to be able to reenable it on-the-fly as well.

Edit: Found a file called state in /sys/devices/pci0000:00/.../x:x:x:x/ with contents 'running' which I changed to 'offline'.  Seems to have done the trick, although I haven't tried to bring it back up yet.

Last edited by alphaniner (2011-10-06 21:02:37)

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