On Wed, 7 Jul 2004, John T. Hoffoss 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?

Most of the thumb drives are flash, so there isn't such a think as "spun
up". The only exception I can think of is a MicroDrive in a CF->USB
adapter.

Are you sure you've got a spinning disk, and not a solid state drive?

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