Laptops :: how can I stop my HDs?

Hi,

I am running DSL 2.4 on a Quantex laptop and everything runs great. I always use the 'TORAM' cheat code when booting up the DSL live-CD to free up the CD drive and to spend less energy. All works well, but my hard drive keeps spinning even though it is neither mounted nor used (I have enough memory - 192MB - not to need any swap).

Is there a command (or myDSL extension) I could use to stop my HD from spinning and park the HD heads rather than wait for a long time before the laptop does it on its own?

Many thanks,

VS

If DSL comes with the command line utility hdparm, you can use that. According to the man page 'hdparm -Y /dev/hda' (without quotes, assuming /dev/hda is your disk) should shut it down completely. I suggest that you read the man page before you do anything.

it worked GREAT. Simply do

Code Sample

hdparm -S n

where 'n' is the number of second times 5.

many thanks!

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