> I'd imagine that IDE would need some protocol spec changes before this could
> be supported (at least a "spin the drive up" message...).
>
Exists already. You may use hdparm to tell IDE drives
to spin up and down or even set a timeout. This is
mostly for power-saving or no-noise setups.
So they could indeed add a jumper to IDE drives to let them
power up in the spun-down state. But that's not what
the vast majority of one-disk users want.
Helge Hafting
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