[mythtv-users] USB Hard Drive Lifespans and power usage question

Steve Peters - Priority Electronics steve at priorityelectronics.com
Mon Aug 4 20:17:38 UTC 2008


>
>Use hdparm as was previously suggested.  If you read the man page, it 
>will tell you how to configure the drives to spin down after a set 
>period of time of inactivity.
>
>Michael
>
>

Great!! I'll check that out.

You wouldn't happen to know if mythbuntu happens to spin the drives down
automatically already would you? How could I find this out? If it already
does this, I don't want to mess with it.
-Thanks again
-Steve




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