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+Source: hd-idle
+Section: utils
+Priority: extra
+Maintainer: Christian Mueller <cm1@mumac.de>
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.50~), libc6-dev
+Standards-Version: 3.8.4
+Homepage: http://hd-idle.sf.net
+#Vcs-Git: git://git.debian.org/collab-maint/hd-idle.git
+#Vcs-Browser: http://git.debian.org/?p=collab-maint/hd-idle.git;a=summary
+
+Package: hd-idle
+Architecture: any
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
+Description: Spin down idle [USB] hard disks
+ hd-idle is a utility program for spinning-down external disks after a period
+ of idle time. Since most external IDE disk enclosures don't support setting
+ the IDE idle timer, a program like hd-idle is required to spin down idle disks
+ automatically.
+ .
+ A word of caution: hard disks don't like spinning up too often. Laptop disks
+ are more robust in this respect than desktop disks but if you set your disks
+ to spin down after a few seconds you may damage the disk over time due to the
+ stress the spin-up causes on the spindle motor and bearings. It seems that
+ manufacturers recommend a minimum idle time of 3-5 minutes, the default in
+ hd-idle is 10 minutes.
+ .
+ One more word of caution: hd-idle will spin down any disk accessible via the
+ SCSI layer (USB, IEEE1394, ...) but it will not work with real SCSI disks
+ because they don't spin up automatically. Thus it's not called scsi-idle and
+ I don't recommend using it on a real SCSI system unless you have a kernel
+ patch that automatically starts the SCSI disks after receiving a sense buffer
+ indicating the disk has been stopped. Without such a patch, real SCSI disks
+ won't start again and you can as well pull the plug.
+