After set the uPNP refresh rate to 0 in mythtvsetup, the hdparm method worked for me.<div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 10:19 AM, Neil Salstrom <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:salstrom@gmail.com">salstrom@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div><div></div><div class="h5">On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 8:44 AM, Josu Lazkano <<a href="mailto:josu.lazkano@gmail.com">josu.lazkano@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hello, I have a litle HTPC/server with 2 SATA drives. The first one is<br>
> 2.5 160GB with EXT3 and the OS. The second one is a 2TB drives with<br>
> XFS and stores livetv, recordings, videos, music and images (all<br>
> multimedia files).<br>
><br>
> Some years ago, I used hdparm to stop my IDE drives on a old server. I<br>
> want to do the same, stop the 2TB drive when it is not used.<br>
><br>
> Before start to search, I want to know your experience or suggestions.<br>
> Is there any other software like hdparm?<br>
><br>
> Thanks and regards.<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Josu Lazkano<br>
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</div></div>I've been using the spindown program successfully. I typically spin<br>
down my "media" drive which contains movies, etc. My main TV<br>
recording drive does not spin down.<br>
<br>
<a href="https://code.google.com/p/spindown/" target="_blank">https://code.google.com/p/spindown/</a><br>
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I've not tried to do this via hdparm.<br>
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