Have you tried anything outside of just using the hard drive with the aforementioned ubuntu image ?
http://askubuntu.com/questions/137577/put-hdds-in-standby-after-x-minutes-using-hdparm-doesnt-work Of course the BBB does not exactly have a BIOS, but perhaps some of the other mentioned "fixes" may work ? On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 11:27 AM, Kevin Osborn <[email protected]> wrote: > I am running the latest Ubuntu (2015-02-19) from Robert Nelson. I have a > Seagate Expansion 4TB external HDD connected through an unpowered USB hub. > Everything seems to work fine, except for the fact that the HDD never > sleeps. This is for a backup, so I just want it to run when the backup > process is running. Instead, it runs all the time. > > Any idea how to get it to properly sleep? > > Thanks. > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
