Date   : Tue, 14 Feb 2006 14:22:59 +0000 (GMT)
From   : Sprow <info@...>
Subject: Re: On/off Switcihes for IDE drives ?

In article <001101c6315a$b691e470$0100000a@...>,
   Raf <rafg1@...> wrote:
> Is there a  software command(s)  that can be used to
> power on/off the IDE drives, (8 bit interface)?

Modern IDE drives can be configured to have an IDE spin down delay, which
probably does what you want.

I'm afraid I'm not sure whether the filing system has to actively say "oy -
spin back up again" before carrying on, without reading through the dreary
ATA specification,
Sprow.