Re: hdparm -Y hangup

[Mark Lord]

Peter wrote:
> 
> Clarification: is it the case that hdparm -Y (sleep) will cool the drive 
> off better than hdparm -y (suspend)?

In theory, -Y is capable of greater power (heat) savings than -y,
but in practice this will be model-specific and probably
will pale in comparism to the huge savings from -y alone.

> 
> I read somewhere that -Y only works on unmounted drives. This appears to 
> be false. Comments?

It should work on the raw drive regardless.

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