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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: sleep timerRe: sleep timer
From: Oliver <oliver.online_at_schweiz.ch>
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 14:27:23 +0200 Hi there! Linus Nielsen Feltzing wrote: > Salokyn wrote: >> Is this really a problem. In fact I often shutdown my old recorder >> while playing. The buffer is 2MB that represent about 2min of music >> and once the buffer's empty there's a 3sec acces to the disk. It means >> you have about 1/40 chance of shutting the power off while disk is >> working. > > Problem or not, the situation should be avoided. > Linus Definitely true. But do not expect a head crash, if power is removed! Since many, many years *every* harddisk does auto-parking. This means that it uses a mechanical spring or the energy of its rotating platters to move the head in a safe position in case of a power failure. (see more,for example here: http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/op/actParking-c.html) Nevertheless I prefer a clean shut-down, because software (especially FAT32!) does not know anything like "auto-parking". So what might be a problem is a power-off while writing/deleting/renaming. Greetings... +++ Oliver _______________________________________________ http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox Received on 2004-06-14 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |