On Wednesday 21 December 2005 08:40, MrVanes wrote: > Hi, > > I have a couple of debian systems acting as media PC's that I want to make > as silent and economic as possible. One of the challenges is making the HD > spin (and stay) down when I don't use it for more than an hour or so.
You could try using the HDD as merely a boot medium - copying the harddrive into RAM at each boot, then turning off the HDD entirely. This should only require 200 or so MB of RAM. If you have the use of a network, you could try setting up a remote rootfs. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]