Tim: >> Are there any consumer hard drives that still do a controlled park, >> rather than just get switched off? Sam Varshavchik: > On my laptop with a ~4 year old hard drive, there's quite an audible > difference between a forcible power-off, with a clunk, and an orderly > shutdown that turns the power off quietly. Hmm, I'll have to have a listen out for what my laptop does. I can well imagine laptops having an emergency shutoff, seeing as some of them use motion detectors to protect drives against bangs. But my external drives seem to make the same loudish bang when they put themselves to sleep, compared to losing power. To be honest, I think external drives need motion detection. All too often people move them about while they're running. And the ones that sit upright aren't the most stable of things. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp Linux 3.6.11-5.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Jan 8 21:40:51 UTC 2013 x86_64 All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point trying to privately email me, I will only read messages posted to the public lists. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
