hdparm -y /dev/hda

will spin down the drive immediately.

On Tue, 2003-07-15 at 18:50, Martin Gramatke wrote:
> MAL wrote:
> 
> > Martin Gramatke wrote:
> >> Every few seconds something accesses my harddrive, therefore a suspend
> >> (hdparm -S1 /dev/hda) is impossible.
> 
> > 'hdparm -S /dev/hda' does not spin down the drive, it sets a standby
> 
> Yes, but -S1 spins down the drive after 5 seconds of idleness. 
> 
> mg
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