Under Windoze, after 20 minutes of idle time, my hard drive would obediently
spin-down into a power-saving state. This does not seem to be the case with
linux (I have another computer (Redhat) with the same problem.)
My Mandrake computer is an Acer Extensa 390c notebook, perchased in New
Zealand. (Cheap piece of crap)
There are no settings for how long to wait for in the BIOS, so I'm presuming
it's an OS thing.
Could someone please point me in the right direction.
I've tried grepping for apm in all of my HOWTOs, but to no avail.
I would like to leave it going all the time, but without this
hardware-saving feature, I'm reluctant to do so.
Thanks in advance.
Cameron Kerr - Computer Technician
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