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Date:      Sun, 22 Feb 2015 14:35:33 +0100
From:      Dimitry Andric <dim@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@puchar.net>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: disk powerdown
Message-ID:  <C9C7176A-73E3-4D89-8723-D4E9F6659EF9@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1502221053010.694@laptop.wojtek.intra>
References:  <alpine.BSF.2.11.1502221053010.694@laptop.wojtek.intra>

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On 22 Feb 2015, at 10:54, Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@puchar.net> wrote:
>=20
> how to turn off laptop magnetic drive (SATA) automatic powerdown =
feature. it turns down and up lots of time in my laptop to save a little =
of power and destroy drive much quicker :) and being so annoying.

Install the sysutils/ataidle port, then use:

ataidle -A 0 -P 0 /dev/ada0

and replace ada0 with whatever your disk device is.  It will use more =
power, obviously...

-Dimitry


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