Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 09:33:24 -0000 From: "Bond, Jeffery" <Jeff.Bond@nectech.co.uk> To: "'Kris Kirby'" <kris@airnet.net> Cc: "'FreeBSD questions'" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: IDE spindown without APM BIOS Message-ID: <711344C31ACDD1118B94006097827D5B9527DF@exchange.nectech.co.uk>
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This isn't a laptop, and the drives an oldish 270Mb 3.5inch. The reason I want to spin it down is because the bearings are on their way out and the noise it makes gets a bit annoying after a while. Regards, Jeff > -----Original Message----- > From: Kris Kirby [SMTP:kris@airnet.net] > Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 1998 5:22 AM > To: Bond, Jeffery > Cc: 'FreeBSD questions' > Subject: Re: IDE spindown without APM BIOS > > 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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