[ltp] OT: spinning down external disk

[Jim Redmond]

J.J.Green wrote:
> I have an external USB hard disk which I'd like to be
> able to spin down. The disk is IDE, but is accessed via
> usb-storage & ide-scsi, so it appears as /dev/sda and
> the usual hdparm -y does not work on scsi devices -- 
> has anyone manage to do this?
There's a kernel patch that will allow hdparm and noflushd to spin down 
SCSI drives.  I'm not sure how it would work with a USB "SCSI" drive, 
though.

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Jim Redmond
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