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Date:      Tue, 10 Jul 2001 16:33:21 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Søren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk>
To:        Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        sos@FreeBSD.org, current@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Is there a way to power-down IDE HDD?
Message-ID:  <200107101433.f6AEXcA16541@freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: <3B4AEBFC.4F7C55C9@FreeBSD.org> "from Maxim Sobolev at Jul 10, 2001 02:50:20 pm"

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It seems Maxim Sobolev wrote:
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> Hi,
> 
> Is there a way to forcefully power-down one of the IDE HDD drives
> attached to the system? On my primary workstation I have two - one for
> FreeBSD and second for W2K, so it would be nice to suspend one that is
> currently inactive to reduce noice and heat generation.

Not in the official sources, but I have local changes that allow
suspension of ATA/ATAPI devices.

With a little luck I'll get to it when my summer vacation is over...

-Søren

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