Re: Keeping IDE drives from powering down.

[Andy Poling]

On Fri, 1 Oct 1999, Clinton Bittel wrote:
> Redhat 6.0
> Kernel 2.2.5-15
> 3 - 6.1GB Seagate IDE drives
> RaidTools-0.90
> Raid 5
> 
> I have a problem where my IDE drives power down
> after a period of non use.  They produce a horrible
> cla-ching noise as they go down. 

Try hdparm - it has several options that purport to configure and
disable power-saving mode of IDE drives.

-Andy