Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 23:31:59 -0700 From: Andrew Sharp <andy@netfall.com> To: aic7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SCSI HD spin down Message-ID: <3CE3525E.E6761D83@netfall.com> References: <200205151454.g4FEsM990428@aslan.scsiguy.com> <20020515151834.3188737B408@hub.freebsd.org> <3CE27DB1.6060606@cae.co.za>
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Buchan Milne wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Norman Urs Baier wrote: > | Sorry if this is off topic, but I just didn't now where to start, > searched > | web, HowTos, man pages, READMEs,... > | > | My SCSI HD is truly fast, but it makes at least as much noise as all > the rest > | in the box together. Normally this is not a problem, but there are times > | where it's sureley not used, for example during the last 5 minutes of > 2 hr > | DVD... > | I noticed that Windows XP spins this disk down. Don't know if it is XP > or the > | 29160 Card itself, as there are actually only Linux partitions on it. > | > | Is there a possibilty doing such a thing under Linux > | > | (SuSE 7.3, basically, 29160N, VIA ApolloPro) > > What filesystems are you rinning on the disk? Ext3 has the habit of > keeping disks running to write journals ... I am not sure about the > other journalling FS'es, but ext2 apparently does not. Um, just umount the filesystems and spin the disk down. Problem solved. a To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe aic7xxx" in the body of the message
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