Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750736AbVKSS36 (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Nov 2005 13:29:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750737AbVKSS36 (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Nov 2005 13:29:58 -0500 Received: from clock-tower.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:64983 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750736AbVKSS36 (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Nov 2005 13:29:58 -0500 Subject: Re: Does Linux support powering down SATA drives? From: Alan Cox To: Marc Perkel Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <437F63C1.6010507@perkel.com> References: <437F63C1.6010507@perkel.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 19:01:27 +0000 Message-Id: <1132426887.19692.11.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 668 Lines: 15 On Sad, 2005-11-19 at 09:41 -0800, Marc Perkel wrote: > Trying to save power consumption. I have a backup drive that is used > only once a day to back up the main drive. So - why should I run it more > that 10 minutes a day? What I'd like to do is keep it in an off state > and then at night power it on, mount it up, do the backup, unmount it, > and shut it down. Can I do that? SATA not yet, USB you could however. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/