Hdparm can set it on the drive with a timeout iirc
Anton
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On Dec 17, 2011 5:07 PM, "Clive Woodfine" <clivewoodfine@???> wrote:
> Having just read about PC power monitoring reminded about this question.
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> Is there a way of saving power on an external hard drive by spinning
> down the disk after a certain period of non use? I have one in an
> external USB attached caddy. Do you need a special disk or caddy?
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