Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 23:22:20 -0600 From: Kris Kirby <kris@airnet.net> To: "Bond, Jeffery" <Jeff.Bond@nectech.co.uk> Cc: "'FreeBSD questions'" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: IDE spindown without APM BIOS Message-ID: <3647CD8C.CAE9CD03@airnet.net> References: <711344C31ACDD1118B94006097827D5B9527D8@exchange.nectech.co.uk>
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Bond, Jeffery wrote: > > Hello chaps, > > Does anyone know if and how its possible to get my old IDE hard disk to spin > down after a period on inactivity? I'm running 2.2.7-RELEASE on an old > compaq 486 WITHOUT any power management in the BIOS. Can this be done? Unless you're dealing with a laptop, it isn't necessary, nor does it contribute much to power consumption, etc. I ran with the drives spun down, but it doesn't amount to much with modern IDE drives, nor their predecessors. This isn't a 5+1/4" drive is it? -- Kris Kirby UAH Mail <kirbyk@email.uah.edu> UAH CS <kkirby@cs.uah.edu> Home <kris@airnet.net> WWW <nomurphy@hotmail.com> ------------------------------------------- TGIFreeBSD... 'Nuff said. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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