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Subject: spin down ata drive
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hi,
i wonna spin down an ata drive which is used as backup drive so it
doesnt need to "run" all the time. i googled the bit and found a lot of
people having the same problem - but no solution :(
with scsi it is no problem (i read) but ata ? is there any stable
solution ?

thx
sebastian