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bhrich902

Member

Registered: 2003-09-21

Posts: 76

hard drive to sleep.

i need a way to be able to put the hard drive/s to sleep on my machine when is inactive for a certain amount of time, and if there's a gui to it it'd be even better, thx for any tips.

lucke

Member

From: Poland

Registered: 2004-11-30

Posts: 4,018

Re: hard drive to sleep.

Use 'hdparm -S time /dev/hdX'. Time parameter is a bit tricky, check man for details. You could add that command to /etc/rc.local to make it execute on boot.

bhrich902

Member

Registered: 2003-09-21

Posts: 76

Re: hard drive to sleep.

i guess unless there are any other ways ill give that a try, thx.

slackhack

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Registered: 2004-06-30

Posts: 738

Re: hard drive to sleep.

you might be able to set it in your bios.

iphitus

Forum Fellow

From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2004-10-09

Posts: 4,927

Re: hard drive to sleep.

hdparm -y /dev/xdxx

will do it then and there.

also give laptop_mode tools a shot if you want it to spin down when unused.

iphitus