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. -- 10 40 80 C0 00 FF FF FF FF C0 00 00 00 00 10 AA AA 03 00 00 00 08 00
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