On Wed, 7 Jul 2004 11:49:55 -0500, John T. Hoffoss <john.t.hoffoss at gmail.com> wrote: > I just bought a 1GB USB thumb drive ($100!!) and it works great. But > I'm wondering if there's a way I can set some power managment options > for it to keep it spun up for a short delay (5 secs or something) so > when I'm maneuvering around, it stays spun up for faster response. Is > there an hdparm-like utility that can control "scsi" (usb) drive > parameters, or would this option be controlled somewhere else? Unless I'm mistaken, I'm fairly certain your usb thumbdrive is a flash drive, meaning there are no moving parts. Under linux, USB mass storage devices show up as SCSI devices e.g. /dev/sda, /dev/sdb, etc. In this case, there's no need to "spin down" the device when there's nothing to "spin" ;-) _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list