[ltp] OT: spinning down external disk

[J.J.Green]

Hi all

This is offtopic, but as this is such a knowledgable
group...

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?

Thanks

Jim
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