rpm access to all mounted hd's on install

["Peter S. Mazinger" <ps m gmx net>]

Hello!

I have 2 harddisks in my system. The second one has mounted partitions, 
but seldomly used, so it spins off after some time.
If I install an rpm (rpm -ihv <name>), then it won't finish, until the 
second harddisk is spinned on (somehow accessed) although there are no 
files installed on it.

Why does rpm access this mounted hd?

P.S. System: Redhat 7.3, rpm-4.0.4-7x.18

Peter

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