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.

Reply via email to