Re: IBM HDAPS things are looking up

[Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>]

Hi!

> > Actually, "spin disk down and keep it down" would be nice for other
> > reasons. Taking computer for a jog playing mp3s from ramdisk is
> > something I'd like to do...
> 
> Isn't that called "laptop-mode" and available already? I remember that
> Jens wrote something like that :)

Laptop-mode is "keep hdd spinned down as much as possible" -- to save
battery power. What this project and jogging mp3s need is "keep hdd
spinned down!" -- to prevent hdd damage.
								Pavel
-- 
teflon -- maybe it is a trademark, but it should not be.
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