Hard drive spinning down

[Mark H. Nichols]

On Nov 16, 2007, at 4:42 AM, Dotan Cohen wrote:

> On 16/11/2007, Adrian <linuxguru at netspace.net.au> wrote:
>> Take a look at /etc/default/acpi-support
>> Right at the bottom there should be an entry
>> SPINDOWN_TIME=12
>>
>
> Thanks, I'll give that a try. I've discovered that the situation on
> occurs on battery power, not when the machine is plugged in.

Yes, the SPINDOWN_TIME=12 setting is labled, "Spindown time on  
battery" in /etc/default/acpi-support

Mark
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