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? -- Nate Carlson <natecars at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.real-time.com | Fax : (952)943-8500 _______________________________________________ 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