From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 14 02:32:41 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7171437B401 for ; Sat, 14 Jun 2003 02:32:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.hitmedia.com (mail.hitmedia.com [205.162.11.163]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 625B343FCB for ; Sat, 14 Jun 2003 02:32:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bsdlap@hitmedia.com) Received: (qmail 31470 invoked by uid 0); 14 Jun 2003 09:32:44 -0000 Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 02:32:44 -0700 From: BSD baby To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030614093244.GA31365@mail.hitmedia.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Subject: laptop hard drive spin-down APM stuff - controllable?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 09:32:41 -0000 Anyone who's using FreeBSD with a laptop: I'm having problems with my hard drive spinning down (sleeping) every 30 seconds. Is that something that's controllable in FreeBSD? I don't see it in BIOS. Is it a kernel thing? This thing sleeps and wakes, sleeps and wakes about every 15 seconds. Everything else is fine and it doesn't do it when I boot into Windows. Thanks for any help!