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From: Mark Lord <mlord@pobox.com>
To: Peter <cogwepeter@cogweb.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: hdparm -Y hangup
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 10:58:38 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3D91CF1E.3080606@pobox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Pine.LNX.4.44.0209231556350.16402-100000@greenie.frogspace.net

Peter wrote:
> 
> Clarification: is it the case that hdparm -Y (sleep) will cool the drive 
> off better than hdparm -y (suspend)?

In theory, -Y is capable of greater power (heat) savings than -y,
but in practice this will be model-specific and probably
will pale in comparism to the huge savings from -y alone.

> 
> I read somewhere that -Y only works on unmounted drives. This appears to 
> be false. Comments?

It should work on the raw drive regardless.

Cheers
-- 
Mark Lord
Real-Time Remedies Inc.
mlord@pobox.com


  reply	other threads:[~2002-09-25 14:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-09-23 23:08 hdparm -Y hangup Peter
2002-09-25 14:58 ` Mark Lord [this message]
2002-09-25 15:06   ` Padraig Brady
2002-09-25 16:11     ` jbradford
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-09-20 14:24 Padraig Brady
2002-09-21 18:13 ` jbradford
2002-09-23  8:32   ` Padraig Brady
2002-09-23  9:44     ` jbradford
2002-09-24 21:06       ` Bill Davidsen
2002-09-25  7:49         ` jbradford

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