Make the Hard Drive Stop!

[pingsmoth]

I'm running X.2 and I'm trying to find a way of making the hard drive stop spinning. I would rather do this at night then put my computer to sleep, for various reasons. But it seems that no matter what I do, the hard drive spins down and then periodically spins up again every 20 minutes or so. Turning on the 'spin down hard drive' option in Energy Saver doesn't work--It shuts down, and then starts spinning again after a little while.

I've been searching for a utility that will do this, but so far I haven't found anything.

Any suggestions?

[adambyte]

I have a feeling this is related to the UNIX optimization routines that Mac OS X runs during the middle of the night.... can anybody point pingsmoth in the right direction as to how to reprogram when these hard disk optimizations happen?

[gatorparrots]

CronniX will let you edit the system (root's) crontab. You can get it here: http://www.koch-schmidt.de/cronnix/

To change when the system runs its optimization routines, choose File>Open System Crontab. Enter your adminstrator password and then change the values to something similar to what is pictured here:

[pingsmoth]

Thanks for the help. I've downloaded CroniX and I hope it does the trick. I'll post back in a few days to let you know...

[f_h_petrone]

i have the same problem now and then....
but I'm running 9.2.2