Re: hdparm -Y hangup

Padraig Brady
2002-09-25T15:03:03Z

Mark Lord wrote:
> 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.

True. Is there any chance you could mark -Y (DANGEROUS).
Even if it is dangerous currently because of an IDE bug
it still is dangerous.

>> I read somewhere that -Y only works on unmounted drives. This appears
>> to be false. Comments?
>
> It should work on the raw drive regardless.

thanks,
Pádraig.