home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Path: news.nask.org.pl!cyfronet!student!iskra
- From: iskra@student.uci.agh.edu.pl (Kamil Iskra)
- Subject: Re: HD Sleep
- Message-ID: <DLKx2n.K4F@cyf-kr.edu.pl>
- Sender: news@cyf-kr.edu.pl (News Administrator)
- Nntp-Posting-Host: student.uci.agh.edu.pl
- Organization: Academic Computer Centre, CYFRONET
- X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
- References: <jdjhgxtzwiz.fsf@superpallo.cs.hut.fi>
- Distribution: inet
- Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 10:56:47 GMT
-
- Osma Ahvenlampi (Osma.Ahvenlampi@hut.fi) wrote:
- > What would be smart, IMO, was a function of both disk access and user
- > input. My screen blanks after 5 minutes of no activity. If there is no
- > disk activity for an additional 5 minutes, it is certain that the
- > machine is idling, and the HDs can be powered off.
-
- > If, on the other hand, I'm doing something on the machine, the HDs
- > should stay running for 40 minutes even if they are not accessed,
- > because as long as there is input from the keyboard/mouse, it is far
- > more likely that I will soon do something that will require HD access
- > as well, and it is annoying to have to wait for them to spin up again.
-
- It seems we are using HD-sleeping software for two completely different
- purposes. I most often turn my HD off when I'm reading a long and
- complicated text (like ANSI C++ DWP or sth. like this) - sound made by HD
- disturbs me, so I turn it off. BTW: That's why I prefer HDSleep to HDOff:
- it lets me turn HD off on my demand, through a hotkey.
-
- --
- / Kamil Iskra - AMIGA 1200, 68030 50MHz, HDD 850 MB, 10 MB RAM \
- | iskra@student.uci.agh.edu.pl kiskra@ernie.icslab.agh.edu.pl |
- | http://student.uci.agh.edu.pl/~iskra |
- \ PGP public key available via Finger or WWW /
-