Except this one is not flash, but has a mini-hdd in it, similar to the ones used in the iPod minis. You can feel it spin up. As an aside, a 512 MB flash drive is somewhere around $170, and a 1GB flash drive around $250 or more (that I saw...) On Wed, 7 Jul 2004 12:11:46 -0500 (CDT), Nate Carlson <natecars at real-time.com> wrote: > > > On Wed, 7 Jul 2004, John T. Hoffoss wrote: > > I just bought a 1GB USB thumb drive ($100!!) and it works great. But I'm > > wondering if there's a way I can set some power managment options for it > > to keep it spun up for a short delay (5 secs or something) so when I'm > > maneuvering around, it stays spun up for faster response. Is there an > > hdparm-like utility that can control "scsi" (usb) drive parameters, or > > would this option be controlled somewhere else? > > Most of the thumb drives are flash, so there isn't such a think as "spun > up". The only exception I can think of is a MicroDrive in a CF->USB > adapter. > > Are you sure you've got a spinning disk, and not a solid state drive? > > -- > Nate Carlson <natecars at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 > http://www.real-time.com | Fax : (952)943-8500 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org > Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list