Re: [tlug] shutting off the HD on a laptop

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

>>>>> "Ian" == Ian Wells <ijw@example.com> writes:

    Ian> $ man hdparm

    Ian> I think it's what you're looking for. You might also need to
    Ian> mount any drives no_atime, to avoid waking the drive up every
    Ian> flush cycle.

There's also a daemon called flushd or something like that that can
inhibit flushes for a relatively long period of time.

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