External USB-drive and F15

[JD]

On 06/26/2011 09:43 PM, Hiisi wrote:
> Hi, folks!
> Recently I have been granted with external usb-drive. It's 3TB FA
> GoFlex Desk of Seagate:
> http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/products/external/external-hard-drive/desktop-hard-drive/
> I've formatted it as ext4 and plugged into machine running F 15. I use
> it as apache server directory and as mysql data directory (this
> computer serves as internal testing server for web-developers).
> Everything works perfect except that I see a lot of errors in dmesg output:
> .....SNIP.....
> What's wrong with it? Should I test it somehow? Is it broken and must
> be replaced?
> Another question here. Could anyone suggest how to prevent disk from
> going into sleep mode? When it sits by weekends without work it stops
> and after that it takes a few minutes to start it again. By the way, I
> put following to /etc/fstab in order drive to be mounted during boot
> process:
> UUID=632ce2dc-97e5-47ed-9ddf-2217f136e637 /srv			  ext4	  defaults	  1 2
>
> TIA
> --
> Hiisi
How is the external drive connected to your system?