Hi all, I have one disk (wd2) that does'nt shut down. It has Power Management feature but does not reply to apmset. It's a brand new disk ; I believe it should have the feature. Could someone help me ?
Thanks. J-F Le samedi 07 fC)vrier 2009 C 13:03 +0100, Jean-FranC'ois a C)crit : > Hi All, > > atactl wd1 identify > gives : Power Management feature set > and : Advanced Power Management feature set > atactl wd1 apmset 20 > works. > > atactl wd2 identify > gives : Power Management feature set > but no "Advanced Power Management feature set > atactl wd2 apmset 20 > results in "atactl: ATA device returned Aborted Command". > > Please help me to understand. > Thanks, > J-F > > Le lundi 02 fC)vrier 2009 C 12:01 +0000, Stuart Henderson a C)crit : > > On 2009-02-02, Jean-Frangois <jfsimon1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Dear All, > > > Is there any way to autostop the HDDs after some time of idleness ? > > > Under Linux it seems difficult since the hdd is needed to be > > > ready/working all the time even when the system is idle. It seeC9s 2 > > > other points make the use of thois function not really possible. > > > > > > Since I will use a SSD disk (no noise and fast) of 32 GB to install the > > > main system, the rotating HDD will only be a data system (I'll mount > > > home or even less if required ...). In that configuration under OpenBSD, > > > can I make use of this function for my such config ? > > > > > > (Thanks && regards) & disown > > > > atactl(8) apmset.