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#1 2009-06-08 02:16:31
- rito25
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How to make hard hard drive turn off?
How do i turn off hard drives when they are not mounted?
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#2 2009-06-08 11:18:25
- dmartins
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Re: How to make hard hard drive turn off?
The program you're looking for is hdparm. Check the man page & read the section on the -S option. Do not set the timeout too low or your drive may die sooner than expected. A hard drive can only spin up/down so many times.
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#3 2009-06-08 13:14:06
- rito25
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Re: How to make hard hard drive turn off?
Wait is it bad to do?
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#4 2009-06-08 13:19:15
- ataraxia
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Re: How to make hard hard drive turn off?
You can force a spindown immediately with the -Y option.
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#5 2009-06-08 13:36:55
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Re: How to make hard hard drive turn off?
I don't want it to be spundown after a certain amout of time, I want it spundown when the hard drive is unmounted.
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#6 2009-06-08 14:00:42
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Re: How to make hard hard drive turn off?
umount /whatever && hdparm -Y whatever
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#7 2009-06-08 14:21:37
- rito25
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Re: How to make hard hard drive turn off?
Is there a chance I can kill my harddrive?
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#8 2009-06-08 14:32:59
- Lexion
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Re: How to make hard hard drive turn off?
Probably not, since they are suggesting it.
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