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#1 2009-10-29 10:14:13

lynix
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From: Karlsruhe, Germany
Registered: 2008-04-23
Posts: 230

Spindown for external hdd

I can make my external hdd (USB) go to sleep manually by doing a

[lynix@andromeda ~]$ sudo hdparm -y /dev/sdc

/dev/sdc:
 issuing standby command
[lynix@andromeda ~]$

without any problems. But when I set a spindown time with "hdparm -S"
the drive ignores it.

I know this spindown-thing is a bit complicated on external drives as the
external controller must support it, but in my case it supports "-y", so why
not "-S"?

Does anyone know a workaround for this problem? E.g. a daemon that
monitors access to the drive and invokes "hdparm -y" after a specified
period of idle time?


Kind regards,

lynix

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