Drive Bay

This feature enables to power off removeable optical drives contained in:

• UltraBay (ThinkPads)

• MediaBay

• Other sorts of bays

BAY_POWEROFF_ON_AC/BAT

BAY_POWEROFF_ON_AC=0
BAY_POWEROFF_ON_BAT=0

• 1 – power off the optical drive

• 0 – optical drive remains on

Default when unconfigured: 0

BAY_DEVICE

BAY_DEVICE=sr0

Device for the optical drive.

Default when unconfigured: sr0

Note

• Re-power the drive by releasing and reinserting the eject lever; on newer models push the media eject button

• Devices other than optical drives – in particular hard disk drives – are not affected by this setting