- Jan 16, 2003
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I have three disks on my triple-boot --FreeBSD, Linux and Windows XP--system. At any given time, I am using only one of the OSes on one of the three disks. Each is big enough for my needs and I don't mount disk/s. My question is: Is there a way to stop other disks from spinning once one of the disks is selected for boot? I mean, if I am running FreeBSD, for example, I would like the disks with Linux and Windows XP to stop spinning (to reduce noise, to reduce power consumption and to extend the life of disks). Since these are internal IDE disks, I do not have the option of pluggin/unplugging of disks.