Off the top of my head I know you can do it with some driver software. The idea is to, during formatting/initialization, select an option to not mount at startup. Then if/when you want that hard disk, go back to the utility and use it to mount the disk. Perhaps Mt. Everything will do it.
Some hard disks (I'm thinking older 50-pin Seagates? such as the Hawk and Barracuda?) have a motor delay jumper that will delay spin up for X number of seconds. Others won't spin up until asked to be mounted (the OS [desktop] has completely displayed.) Just some ideas, I know it's a bit vague. -David On Monday, April 7, 2003, at 12:20 AM, William Smith wrote: > I have come across in letters from time to time > reference to a switch which enables you to turn or > have turned on HDs at different times so the power > drain isn't so great at startup. What, Where, How?? > Bill Smith -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
