On 15 Apr 2001 eeh@netbsd.org wrote:
> =09Just wondering if there is any facility in NetBSD 1.5 to spin down SCS=
I
> =09disks when it goes into powersave mode? I suppose I don't mean when th=
e
> =09screen blanks, as that can happen even when the disk is in use, but wh=
en
> =09the disk hasn't been accessed for some time.
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> =09The hard disk (salvaged from a DEC Alpha) in this Apple LC475 is rathe=
r
> =09noisy... It would be nice to be able to leave the system up without th=
at
> =09incessant background noise.
>=20
> I really don't think you want to do that.  Since disks usually have a
> limited number of spinups (around 10,000) you certainly don't want to=20
> use that on an old disk.

there are circumstances where it is useful, for example if you have a dual
boot machine with the two operating systems on different disks. So is
there such a facility?


=09Greetings
=09Juergen
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