[leaf-user] power down the hard disk after use

hi, for speed on one of my test routers i boot from a hard drive when it is finnished booting i would like to power it down so the box makes less noise and uses less power ( this is an absolute must in todays energy conscious society :-) ) could i put something in one of the init files so wh

RE: [leaf-user] power down the hard disk after use

PROTECTED] Subject: [leaf-user] power down the hard disk after use hi, for speed on one of my test routers i boot from a hard drive when it is finnished booting i would like to power it down so the box makes less noise and uses less power ( this is an absolute must in todays energy consciou

Re: [leaf-user] power down the hard disk after use

Luis.F.Correia wrote: > To start, you will need a harddisk which supports that function. > Then, you must have a kernel with APM support. > Isn't it enough to set the "HDD down" function in PC BIOS? It works for me with bering rc2 and I'm not sure if the APM is compiled into the kernel. __

Re: [leaf-user] power down the hard disk after use

p. I have hdparm in a small utilities package that includes iptraf and top that I can send you off list if you wish, or just the hdparm. - Original Message - From: "Ant Ken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 7:14 AM Subject: [lea