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NAME
HDOff -- a program for the A1200 and A4000 to stop the HD motor
SYNOPSIS
HDOff T=TIME/N,T2=TIME2/N,FORCE/S,OTHER/S,OTHER2/S,NOW/S,NOW2/S
DESCRIPTION
HDOff is a program like NoiseSaver for the A1200 and A4000. It
stops the HD motor x minutes after the last access.
TIME, TIME2 : Time for the 1st and 2nd HD
FORCE : Forces HDOff to quit. Normaly HDOff wouldn`t quit if an
other programm (like cachesoft etc) patched the
scsi.device after HDOff. But if you are using
SetFuncManager (or something like this), HDOff can
nevertheless quit without danger. ONLY USE THIS OPTION
IF YOU ARE USING SETFUNCMANAGER OR SOMTHING LIKE IT!
OTHER, OTHER2 : This option makes HDOff to use an other command
($94 instead of $E0) to stop the HD motor.
If also your HD won`t spin down, use this option.
Some drives, especially old ones, don`t support
the spindowncommand (all newer drives should
support it).
NOW, NOW2 : The selected HD spins immediately down, after this
the program runs normal (usefull for seldom-used
HD`s).
NOTE
Don`t adjust the "time" value too low (maximum are 65535 minutes
:) ! Your HD will thank you!
You don`t need to start HDOff with run.
To quit simply restart HDOff.
If a requester with the message "Someone else has patched
scsi.device!..." pops up, someone else (f.e. caching software)
has latched into the scsi.device. For security reasons HDOff
cannot be terminated.
This program is 100% written in assembler (DevPac 3.14) and (as
far as its possible) systemconform.
EXAMPLES
1. HDOff 30
Stops the motor of the 1st HD 30 minutes after the last access.
2. HDOff 30 15 OTHER2
Stops the motor of the 1st HD 30 minutes, the motor of the 2nd HD
15 minutes after the last access. For the 2nd HD the other
command will be used to stop the motor
3. HDOff T2=20
Stops the motor of the 2nd HD 30 minutes after the last access.
4. HDOff 30 15 NOW2
Stops the motor of the 1st HD 30 minutes, the motor of the 2nd HD
directly. If (by an access) the 2nd HD spins up, the next spin
down is again in 15 mins.
TECHNICAL
How does it work? The essential things are:
1. Test if ide controller is present (if not: quit)
2. Patching of the scsi.device (of cause with SetFunction). The
patch signals HD accesses to the MainTask.
3. Count the timeloop down and reinit it if an signal from the
patch occures.
4. If timecounter 0: Signal the patch to delay all commands (for
both drives) till the signal is "retract". Security delay 1 sek.
Forbid(), Wait_IDE_unbusy, select the drive (master/slave),
Wait_IDE_unbusy, spin down HD, Permit. "Retract" the signal for
the patch for the HD that was not stopped, for the other one after
5 seks security delay (spin up is done by the HD itself).
5. Repeat step 3-4 till abort.
DISCLAIMER
This prg is a hack! It was only programmed for the A1200 and
A4000 with IDE HD`s! Use it at your own risk!
COPYRIGHT
This prg is Freeware. You may copy it, but you must not change
anything! No commercial using without my permission!
AUTHOR
Gideon Zenz
Giersbergstr. 41
53229 Bonn
GERMANY
EMail: gzenz@ernie.mi.uni-koeln.de (fast)
Marvin@BigBen.wwb.sub.de (secure)
-Gideon Zenz, 19-Apr-95
BUGS
Non known.
HISTORY
v1.0: (08-Mai-94)
- Initial release
v1.1: (30-Jan-95)
- Timerloop in minutes and much more precisely
- No need to start with run any more
- At all more secure and more systemconform
- A4000 support
v1.2: (20-Apr-95)
- docs completely rewritten
- Support of 2nd HD`s
- New args OTHER and OTHER2 and NOW and NOW2
THANKS
Many thanks to heureka@bigben.wwb.sub.de and
M.ZIELINSKI@amtrash.comlink.de for their helps on A4000 & 2nd HD
Support!
SECURITY
If you want to be shure you have the original programms, check
with "md5sum -c HDOff.doc". (You get md5sum f.e. from the
PGP-archive)
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