External HDD not spinning down
I have an external hard disk that dose not spin down after its been idle for a bit, and gets quite hot. When I try to set standby time with hdparm it give a bad/missing sense data error. Is there any other way to set a spindown timer for an external hdd?
Here's the error:
Here's the error:
Solution
HDD spindown is not controlled by mount options...
(But it can prevent spindow though, depending on where it is mounted. Linux access some paths frequently which keep it up)
It's most likely some functionality provided by your HDD, which you will need to lookup on the technical documentation of it.
most external HDD's should be
(But it can prevent spindow though, depending on where it is mounted. Linux access some paths frequently which keep it up)
It's most likely some functionality provided by your HDD, which you will need to lookup on the technical documentation of it.
most external HDD's should be
S.M.A.R.T. compatible which should have some way to set the spindown using a utility for it...Ask Ubuntu
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I tried GNOME power manage...
I tried GNOME power manage...
