Re: Does Linux support powering down SATA drives?

[Nicolas Mailhot <nicolas.mailhot@laposte.net>]

> I would agree with your view on IDE becoming obsolete on hard drives,
> but I as yet, am not aware of any CD/DVD drives with a SATA interface.

$  cat /proc/scsi/scsi
Attached devices:
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
  Vendor: PLEXTOR  Model: DVDR   PX-716A   Rev: 1.09
  Type:   CD-ROM                           ANSI SCSI revision: 05
Host: scsi4 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
  Vendor: ATA      Model: Maxtor 6L300S0   Rev: BANC
  Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 05
Host: scsi5 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
  Vendor: ATA      Model: Maxtor 6L300S0   Rev: BANC
  Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 05
$ /sbin/lspci | grep -i scsi
$ /sbin/lspci | grep -i ata
00:07.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller
(rev f3)
00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller
(rev f3)
01:09.0 Mass storage controller: Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3114
[SATALink/SATARaid] Serial ATA Controller (rev 02)

And BTW,

#  /sbin/hdparm -M 128 /dev/hda

/dev/hda:
 setting acoustic management to 128
 acoustic     =  0 (128=quiet ... 254=fast)

(failure but I don't care the drive is old and already in AAM mode)

#  /sbin/hdparm -M 128 /dev/sda

/dev/sda:
 setting acoustic management to 128
 HDIO_GET_ACOUSTIC failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device

(This drive however is not and needs it dearly. Plus it's the Linux
drive, so it's used most of the time)

Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Mailhot

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