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- From: george@mech.seas.upenn.edu
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- Subject: Re: HD spindown
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- Date: 23 Dec 92 20:53:54 GMT
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- :The actual power down is done by switching off the hard disk's
- :power
- :plane, a feature that isn't available on desktop systems...
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- you can send a siginal to scsi drives to park the heads, which
- in some cases ( like my internal quantum ) the drive responds
- by spinning down. ( pretty neat, but not too useful.. )
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- There is an init called scsi saver that is supposed to send the
- head park signal after a period of inacitvity. It doesn't work
- at all for me though.
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