Hello: Abhishek wrote, > you require to be logged in as root, and for a 10 min wait period > after which the HDD must go to stand by can be achieved by the command > hdparm -S120 /dev/hda to get the HDD active will take a few seconds.
There is a BIOS setting for powering down the HDD after a certain idle period. The Linux APM implementation does Honor this settings. Rumor has it that spin-up and spin-down accelerates HDD wear out. Non-laptop users usually disable the HDD power-down feature. Also, there are bugs in certain drive firmware which cause them to perform slower after a spin-down/spin-up cycle. -- Shanu http://shankerbalan.com/ -- ... But we've only fondled the surface of that subject. -- Virginia Masters ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
