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Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 10:58:38 -0400
From: Mark Lord <mlord@pobox.com>
Organization: Real-Time Remedies Inc.
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To: Peter <cogwepeter@cogweb.net>
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Subject: Re: hdparm -Y hangup
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Peter wrote:
> 
> Clarification: is it the case that hdparm -Y (sleep) will cool the drive 
> off better than hdparm -y (suspend)?

In theory, -Y is capable of greater power (heat) savings than -y,
but in practice this will be model-specific and probably
will pale in comparism to the huge savings from -y alone.

> 
> I read somewhere that -Y only works on unmounted drives. This appears to 
> be false. Comments?

It should work on the raw drive regardless.

Cheers
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Mark Lord
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