energy saving hard drives?
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| Project: | Linux hardware |
| Component: | Documentation |
| Category: | feature request |
| Priority: | normal |
| Assigned: | Unassigned |
| Status: | active |
| Project wiki: | Hardware |
| Related pages: | #44: Hard drives and storage media |
Description
I have a recurring problem with energy saving hard drives: they power off while they are mounted, confusing the operating system. I have to sudo to force an umount and then mount them again.
I had to write a little script to trick the firmware into thinking the drive is in constant use, to as to prevent it from powering down.
Is it a hardware feature that is not supported by the linux kernel?
Comments
#1
Power saving options of the hard disk
http://linuxpoison.blogspot.com/2008/09/power-saving-options-of-hard-dis...
Saving energy in Linux (power management of hard drive, monitor, and CPU using ACPI or APM)
http://www.spencerstirling.com/computergeek/powersaving.html