On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 07:17:14AM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: (snip) > install the laptop toolset and spin down the system drive completely > for less noise. For other curious readers: I wasn't familiar with "the laptop toolset", but a bit of searching turned up this: http://www.xs4all.nl/~bsamwel/laptop_mode/tools/ Looks useful. -- Paul Winkler http://www.slinkp.com