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Date:      Fri, 9 Sep 2005 12:13:37 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "Matthew N. Dodd" <mdodd@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        McLone <mclone@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: [atacontrol detach] drive platters won't stop
Message-ID:  <20050909120208.L84118@sasami.jurai.net>
In-Reply-To: <451cb3010509081755119ba263@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <451cb3010509081755119ba263@mail.gmail.com>

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On Fri, 9 Sep 2005, McLone wrote:
> I'd like to not "halt -p" when changing HDDs on
> regular IDE controllers. In 5.x times i used
>> atacontrol detach 1
> and i heard the sounds of stopping/parking HDD.
> Now, in betas of 6, atacontrol (which uses not number
> but ataN) detaches drive OK, but platters keep spinning.
> Unplugging such a drive is bad for its health, i suppose.

Try this:

 	ftp://ftp.jurai.net/users/winter/atautil.tar

'atautil -f ad1 unload'

Followed by whatever atacontrol detach/delete commands you feel necessary.

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