Parking IDE hard disk

[golem]

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... :-)

[Sparky]

Hi there,  You are using the wrong terminology .. you just want to spin down the disk and put it to sleep not park it, these days hard disks park themselves automagically (not like ye'olde days you know ;-)

I remember seeing a application on Aminet that would do it ... ah here it is  ... http://www.aminet.net/disk/misc/HDSleep.lha  bit old but might do the job, there are certainly more apps around that'll do the same.

Regards!

[ptek]

Get yourself a flat cable extension, get hold of a a box (made of wood, for example) and trow there the buzzy drives.

Silence rules

[golem]

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.