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Offline golemTopic starter

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Parking IDE hard disk
« on: August 11, 2004, 09:35:01 PM »
Hi guys,
I have an EIDE 4-way buffered interface for one of my A1200s. I use an IDE HDD on this and have the software that comes with the hardware to stop the HDD spinning after about 5 minutes of inactivity. My 1200 is then as quiet as a mouse and I can think without disturbance until I want to save my work.
I have a second A1200 that has an IDE HDD connected directly to the standard issue interface and I have yet to find some software that can park this in a similar way to my other 1200 with the buffered interface.
Does anyone know of software on aminet that can do this feat with standard hardware or do I have to fork out cash (not very much I admit) on a second buffered interface?
Any help much appreciated... :-)
                                                             
A1200 desktop, Blizzard 1260, OS3.9BB2, Indivision Mk II, SCSI Jaz, Ethernet
A1200 desktop, Blizzard 1230, OS3.1, Ethernet
A500, OS1.3
 

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Re: Parking IDE hard disk
« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2004, 09:30:43 AM »
Thanks SParky for your reply. The link is dead but I managed to get HDSleep.lha from another mirror. Unfortunately it doesn't want to play ball with my hard drive which is a Seagate 249MB I think. I'm using OS3.9 which may have something to do with it.

Ptek I like your suggestion and your picture of Shrek!
Is this what you have done to yours? - put them in a padded cell. Not only does silence rule it is also Golden.
                                                             
A1200 desktop, Blizzard 1260, OS3.9BB2, Indivision Mk II, SCSI Jaz, Ethernet
A1200 desktop, Blizzard 1230, OS3.1, Ethernet
A500, OS1.3