From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nick Bowler Subject: Re: T500 cdrom drive never stops spinning until mount. Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 09:19:12 -0400 Message-ID: <20100512131912.GA27273@elliptictech.com> References: <20100512023549.GA22623@cpu18.student.cs> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100512023549.GA22623@cpu18.student.cs> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org On 22:35 Tue 11 May , Nick Bowler wrote: > Mounting the disk also causes it to stop spinning (and it remains > stopped after unmounting it). Sorry, this was a lie. As soon as the disk spins up again after unmounting (or if it was unmounted while still spinning), it will continue to spin forever. -- Nick Bowler, Elliptic Technologies (http://www.elliptictech.com/)