Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 18 Apr 2002 09:41:20 +0200 | From | Helge Hafting <> | Subject | Re: IDE/raid performance |
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Mike Fedyk wrote:
> I'd imagine that IDE would need some protocol spec changes before this could > be supported (at least a "spin the drive up" message...). > Exists already. You may use hdparm to tell IDE drives to spin up and down or even set a timeout. This is mostly for power-saving or no-noise setups.
So they could indeed add a jumper to IDE drives to let them power up in the spun-down state. But that's not what the vast majority of one-disk users want.
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