On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 11:54 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mittwoch 26 November 2008, Andrea Momesso wrote: > > I have an usb external disk attached to a machine running > > gentoo. > > > > > > I only need this disk once a day, when a cron job mounts it, makes > > some > > backups, and then umounts > > it. > > > > > > > > I'd save a lot of electrical power (and I think also disk health) if > > I > > was able to turn on and off electrical power from the usb > > port. > > > > I would play around with the stuff in /sys/bus/usb Looks like I cannot: https://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-kernel/2008/4/7/1363164 -- Momesso (TopperH) Andrea http://topperh.blogspot.com Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 224179391
