Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2004 16:15:19 +0000 From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: utility to set idle timeout on ata drives Message-ID: <20040101161519.GA4247@buffy.brucec.backnet>
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I've been putting together a router/gateway box for my network, but had been wanting to spin down the hard drives to reduce the noise of the box. I've put together a page which I think might be useful for people putting together router machines as well as laptop users - it's at http://www.cran.org.uk/bruce/software.php. It describes how to get a FreeBSD 5.1 or later computer to spin-down ata hard drives - I've been searching for a while for a utility to do this, and after failing to find one I decided to write it myself. If people are interested I can add more power management features and possibly create a package/port of it. Apologies if this is off-topic for -hackers - I hope people might find this information useful. -- Bruce Cran
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