17 Aug
2019
17 Aug
'19
14:44
W dniu 17.08.2019 o 15:54, Daniel Bauer pisze:
(I have an external disk whose cable is - or was... - always connected, but I only mounted it in the moments I needed it. I thought, after unmounting it doesn't turn anymore, thus is less used and lives longer. If I'm wrong please correct me).
If no data is read or written to this disk it's possible for kernel to turn it off, without unmounting (see "man hdparm" flag "-S"). Usually you don't need to touch any settings, it will just work right. Your primary question is still valid though, because sometimes I find it annoying too.