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| author | B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com> | 2022-03-14 12:17:04 -0400 |
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| committer | B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com> | 2022-03-17 12:38:07 -0400 |
| commit | 932cc69b8523893571935e24e3faa232fa1c86f5 (patch) | |
| tree | a21d27897d7e81bf57b3c4b761d4a98c5a5037aa /system/idle3-tools | |
| parent | 8f58c5ac9543d84e3393137d8ead31bf093391f1 (diff) | |
system/idle3-tools: Wrap README at 72 columns.
Signed-off-by: B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com>
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| -rw-r--r-- | system/idle3-tools/README | 24 |
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diff --git a/system/idle3-tools/README b/system/idle3-tools/README index c7b720f8b8fc1..c0d560d4e52bf 100644 --- a/system/idle3-tools/README +++ b/system/idle3-tools/README @@ -1,20 +1,22 @@ -Idle3-tools provides a linux/unix utility that can disable, get and set the -value of the infamous idle3 timer found on recent Western Digital Hard Disk -Drives. +Idle3-tools provides a linux/unix utility that can disable, get and +set the value of the infamous idle3 timer found on recent Western +Digital Hard Disk Drives. It can be used as an alternative to the official wdidle3.exe proprietary utility, without the need to reboot in a DOS environement. -A power off/on cycle of the drive will still be mandatory for new settings -to be taken into account. +A power off/on cycle of the drive will still be mandatory for new +settings to be taken into account. -Modern Western Digital "Green" Drives include the Intellipark feature that -stops the disk when not in use. Unfortunately, the default timer setting is -not perfect on linux/unix systems, including many NAS, and leads to a dramatic -increase of the Load Cycle Count value (SMART attribute #193). +Modern Western Digital "Green" Drives include the Intellipark feature +that stops the disk when not in use. Unfortunately, the default timer +setting is not perfect on linux/unix systems, including many NAS, +and leads to a dramatic increase of the Load Cycle Count value (SMART +attribute #193). Idle3-tools is an independant project, unrelated in any way to Western Digital Corp. -WARNING : THIS SOFTWARE IS EXPERIMENTAL AND NOT WELL TESTED. IT ACCESSES LOW -LEVEL INFORMATION OF YOUR HARDDRIVE. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. +WARNING: THIS SOFTWARE IS EXPERIMENTAL AND NOT WELL TESTED. IT +ACCESSES LOW LEVEL INFORMATION OF YOUR HARDDRIVE. USE AT YOUR OWN +RISK. |