Manual Method
(Install the latest hdparm)
- 1. From PupControl: click the Install tab, Add/Remove Programs
2. Search for and install (if not already installed) the latest hdparm.
3. From your file browser locate the drive names. The PC I'm using has 3 hard disks: /dev/sda /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc Your PC's drive names will likely differ.
4. Open your favorite plain-text editor. We'll create the configuration file to tell the PCs drives to spin down:Should your PC have more drives, repeat the code for each drive. My PC uses this set up:Code: Select all
/dev/sda <-- ADJUST THIS TO YOUR PC'S SPECIFICATIONS { spindown_time = 60 }
5. Save this file as hdparm.conf in this folder: /sbinCode: Select all
/dev/sda { spindown_time = 60 } /dev/sdb { spindown_time = 60 } /dev/sdc { spindown_time = 60 }
6. Restart Puppy to use.
"60" as the spindown_time means the drive will do it after five minutes. 60 means "60 groups of 5 seconds". For 10 minutes use "120" instead of "60". "240" would be 20 minutes.
This is the same idea as putting drives to "sleep" under Windows. A drive will spin up again when searching through its files by the file browser.