Spin Down on Michael’s Domainhttps://jeltsch.org/en/tags/spin-down/Recent content in Spin Down on Michael’s DomainHugoen-usCopyright © 2002 - 2026 Michael Jeltsch.Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:18:18 +0300Spin down the harddisk with hdparmhttps://jeltsch.org/en/spin_down_the_harddisk_with_hdparm/Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000https://jeltsch.org/en/spin_down_the_harddisk_with_hdparm/<p>The command to spin down the hard disk after 50 seconds (5x10) being idle: <code>/sbin/hdparm -S10 /dev/hda</code></p>