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From: shahn@hstbme.mit.edu (Samuel Hahn)
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Subject: Re: Automatic Head Parking for hard disks
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Date: 29 May 90 22:22:28 GMT
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>	There is a utility available in the sumex archives called
>	SCSI Parker. It is a cdev (by the same person who wrote
>	SoundMaster) that allows you to select which SCSI devices
>	receive a 'PARK' command upon system shutdown.

But this doesn't answer may original question...does APPLE have as part of
its SCSI driver an automatic park command? If they do, then people with
Apple HD Setup formatted drives wouldn't need to park their hard disks...

Also, if I recall, some hard disk manufacturers have automatic head parking
hard disks, regardless of the formatter used...