Quoting Carsten Koch: > Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote: > ... > >> 1) Is there a bug in the linux kernel that makes it spin up > >> the disk needlessly even if the data are still in the cache? > ... > > I haven't tried or read it myself, but this: > > Documentation/laptop-mode.txt > > might contain the information you need. > > Correct. > Interesting information. > I'll try it out. You may have a look at the following page too: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_HDD_spindown_small_server Stefan Lucke
