How to check if internal HDD spindle is off after unmount

Question

I use SSD instead of optical drive in my Macbook MC516LL, so I have bunch of reasons why I wants to keep HDD's spindle off:

I use diskutil umount HD250 and it disappears from OSx. So how can I check if spindle turned off?

Thanks!

A.B · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-09 11:15:57Z

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diskutil umount HD250 - doesn't turn off spindle

diskutil eject HD250 - turn off spindle

confirmd by sound and mA usage

answered Jul 9 '11 at 11:15

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