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Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 01:49:20 +0200
From: Mogens Valentin <monz@danbbs.dk>
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Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] sdparm 0.92
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Douglas Gilbert wrote:
> sdparm is a command line utility designed to get and set
> SCSI disk parameters (cf hdparm for ATA disks). More generally
> it gets and sets mode page information on SCSI devices or devices
> that use a SCSI command set (e.g. CD/DVD drives (any transport)
> and SCSI tape drives). It also can list VPD pages including
> the device identification page.
> 
> For more information and downloads (tarball, rpm and deb
> packages) see:
> http://www.torque.net/sg/sdparm.html

Nice! Just got it and tried on an external usb disk.
One feature I could use, probably others as well:
Could you add the ability to spin down/up a scsi disk?
I'd really like this for exteral (usb) disks.

Doesn't seem it can; if I missed it, I'm sorry..

-- 
Kind regards,
Mogens Valentin

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