Hi, On Tue, Jan 06, 2015 at 04:53:28PM +0000, flapflap wrote: > I was thinking whether it makes sense to by default spin-down the > harddisks, e.g. via hdparm -y /dev/sdX or hdparm -Y /dev/sdX > > That would have the advantage of reduced power consumption, less noise > (up to complete silence when the fan is not spinning), and proof to the > user that Tails is not accessing the HDD. Of course, the HDD need to > spin-up again if the user mounts it. > > but what I cannot comment on is whether there may also be difficulties > from spinning-down the HDD (hardware failure? ...)
We're doing so since 0.8, see https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/6076 cheers, bert. _______________________________________________ Tails-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-dev To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty email to [email protected].
