P Nelson wrote: > Two weeks ago I installed PiCore 6.1 & LMS 8.0 on a 3B+ and it was > working fine. I followed the instructions on the documentation, and the > only issue I had was I could not transfer the LMS data and cache files > to the USB hard drive. (Perhaps because drive was Fat32, but that is a > different issue.) I noticed when not streaming any music to my 3 SB > Radios and Touch, the hard drive would go so sleep. > > Yesterday, I upgraded to PiCore 7.0 (32 Bit) and LMS 8.1. As > recommended, I did a complete fresh install of flashing piCore 7 onto > the SD card. In summary, the following has changed from my prior > set-up: > > > > - PiCore 6.1 to piCore 7.0 32 bit - LMS 8.0 to LMS 8.1 - LMS data files and cache on SD moved to the USB drive - A Toshiba FAT32 drive to a new Seagate NTFS drive, both 1 TB > > > > > Could the movement of the LMS cache to the hard drive prevent the > drive from going to sleep? The PiCore LMS page has an option to move > just the data files to the hard drive, as opposed to both the cache > and data files. A test would be to move the cache back to the SD > card, but I am not sure how to do that. I see there is a Remove Cache > (Remove LMS Cache and Preferences from pCP) button. Would that work, > or would I have to remove LMS and reinstall? > > Or is there some other solution that the smart people on this forum > already figured out? > > Thank you. > > Paul I can't answer your specific questions but can confirm that with my recent setup of a pi4 with the LMS files moved to a WD 2TB drive, the drive will spin down after about 15 minutes of no activity.
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