Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 12:07:05 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: preacher <preacher@mail.ru> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How can I spin down IDE HDD in 3.3-RELEASE Message-ID: <7272.940241225@axl.noc.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 12 Sep 1999 00:50:34 %2B0400." <37DAC099.31F1E69D@mail.ru>
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On Sun, 12 Sep 1999 00:50:34 +0400, preacher wrote: > I've not vely old motherboard (Asus HX chipset 1996 year), witch BIOS > support IDE HDD spin down, long time I used Win95 HDD correctly stopped, > but when I installed FreeBSD that was 3.0-RELASE, my HDDs work without > break, that's not good. I don't see why. I would think that spin-up and spin-down causes more wear than consistant spinning. In any case, you'd need APM support in your kernel. I'm not sure how stable the APM support in your release of FreeBSD is, and I'm not sure you really need it, given my comment about wear above. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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