Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 09:51:47 -0400 From: "Steve Friedrich" <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com> To: "Graeme Cross" <graeme@babylon.wsc.monash.edu.au>, "Graeme.Cross@sci.monash.edu.au" <Graeme.Cross@sci.monash.edu.au>, "questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: IDE hard drive spin-down problem Message-ID: <199810221419.KAA04833@laker.net>
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On Thu, 22 Oct 1998 18:44:29 +1000 (EST), Graeme Cross wrote: >I have power management at the BIOS level turned off, and the first drive >does not ever spin down. > >I also have APM support turned off in /etc/rc.conf. > >Is there a way that I can force the drive to not spin down? I suppose I am >looking for a tool like Linux's hdparm? A search of the mailing list >archives didn't yield any solutions. You could put a little swap space on it, and/or your /tmp. I'd like to see a better solution than this, and I'm sure you do to. But in the meantime... Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it in minutes. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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