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From: Tim Robbins <tjr@freebsd.org>
To: Lars Eggert <lars.eggert@netlab.nec.de>
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Subject: Re: atacontrol & automatic acoustic management
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On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 09:41:03AM +0200, Lars Eggert wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have a Western Digital WD2000JB that according to atacontrol is 
> capable of automatic acoustic management, which is disabled (also 
> according to atacontrol).
> 
> Is there any way to enable this under FreeBSD?

The sysutils/ataidle port appears to be able to control acoustic
management, but I've only ever used it spin down idle disks.


Tim