Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!mips!cs.uoregon.edu!ogicse!zephyr.ens.tek.com!gvgpsa!treehouse!andyp From: andyp@treehouse.UUCP (Andy Peterman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: Mac IIsi Hard Drive "Feature" Message-ID: <848@treehouse.UUCP> Date: 10 Apr 91 20:37:00 GMT References: <1170028@hp-vcd.HP.COM> Reply-To: treehouse!andyp@gvgpsa.gvg.tek.com Organization: The Treehouse Lines: 26 In article yee@osf.org (Michael K. Yee) writes: >In article <1170028@hp-vcd.HP.COM> rickk@hp-vcd.HP.COM (Rick Klaus) writes: > > ... It seems that my drive > has a power-down "feature" as it shuts down after about 2 minutes of > inactivity (of the drive, NOT the mac). Is this normal? Should the > >There is an init called SCSISaver that does just what you described. Check >you System Folder and see if it is there. No, it is not normal for a hard >drive to spin down after 2 minutes. Your problem must be caused by Where does one get SCSISaver? I would like my drive to power down after about 10 minutes of inactivity and have been looking for a way to do this. Does it work with any drive? I want this to work with a Conner I got from a IIsi that now lives inside of an SE/30. -- Andy Peterman | Opinions expressed treehouse!andyp@gvgpsa.gvg.tek.com | are definitely those of (916) 273-4569 | my employer!