From owner-freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 18 13:13:50 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 735FA16A403 for ; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 13:13:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from mh1.centtech.com (moat3.centtech.com [207.200.51.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9943D43D4C for ; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 13:13:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from [10.177.171.220] (neutrino.centtech.com [10.177.171.220]) by mh1.centtech.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k8IDDhIe088932; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 08:13:43 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Message-ID: <450E9B91.3090600@centtech.com> Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 08:13:53 -0500 From: Eric Anderson User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (X11/20060802) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Sandro Noel References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.87.1/1892/Mon Sep 18 06:53:36 2006 on mh1.centtech.com X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hard Drive wont spin down. X-BeenThere: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: ACPI and power management development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 13:13:50 -0000 On 09/18/06 08:12, Sandro Noel wrote: > Greetings! > > i'm runing FreeBSD 6.1 STABLE > I have it installed on a VIA EPIA SP 13000 as a file server. > and the hard drives are connected to the Primary IDE controller. > > for some reason the drives NEVER spin down > is there something i should do to to the computer to spin them down > when he is iddle ? I think you'll need to use something like ataidle. However, on a file server, I'm not sure they will spin down very often. Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology Anything that works is better than anything that doesn't. ------------------------------------------------------------------------