On 11/11/19 10:46 AM, Leon Fauster via CentOS wrote: > Am 11.11.19 um 14:28 schrieb Stephen John Smoogen: >> On Sun, 10 Nov 2019 at 17:12, Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> I just built a CentOS7 system on a Zotac NANO PC. >>> >>> I used a 320GB 2.5" HD I had sitting around and installed with Standard >>> Partitions on XFS. >>> >>> The drive is spinning, nonstop. >> >> I would check the NANO to see if its firmware has any settings or >> updates which cover this. Then check if the drive has firmware updates >> needed. Motherboard and drive firmware fixes have been the things I >> have found to fix most of the problems for drive 'not powering down' >> problems. I think the last one I remember on IRC was a drive set came >> up in a mode saying 'I am in fast access mode' or something and so the >> motherboard kept it spinning up all the time to make sure it could >> write quickly. >> >> > > Maybe > > $ hdparm -S > > helps? Take a look into > > $ man hdparm It looks like -S 1 sets standby at 5 sec idle. I kind of doubt this will matter, but I am trying it.