Spinning down external USB HDD

From: [KS] (lists04_at_fastmail.fm)
Date: 08/15/05

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    Hi,

    I have an external USB HDD which I use only for backups. Although the
    disk spins down itself after about half an hour or more ( I checked for
    half an hour last time and it was still spinning). I had installed
    sdparm earlier but I couldn't spin it down using it. Is there any way
    using sdparm or an other utility to spin down the hard disk?

    Thanks,
    /KS

    PS: The system is an Unstable with kernel 2.6.12 

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