Re: automatic sleep on external USB disks?

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost>]

On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:13:13 +0000 (UTC)
mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst) wrote:

> dave%turbocat.de@localhost (David Wetzel) writes:
> 
> >how can I set this disk to sleep after some time of inactivity and
> >wake = it up automatically?
> >It is connected to a ALIX board...
> 
> Unlikely, I haven't seen any USB to ATA converters that allow you
> to pass through ATA sleep commands.
> 
Does it sleep if you unmount the drive?  If so, perhaps the automounter
would help.


                --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb