External USB-drive and F15

[Hiisi]

On 27 June 2011 17:04, Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
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> I have a seagate drive that falls asleep when it gets bored.  Sometimes
> it's quick to wake up (a few seconds), other times it takes ages
> (minutes), or may not wake up.  I'm wondering if it has three different
> sleep levels.

Well, yes. Fortunately you can configure sleep time-out using hdparm
or even turn off power management completely. See man hdparm. I also
find wikipedia page on hdparm very useful. Here it is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hdparm

>
> I also find I'm getting errors.  The drive can be heard clacking away
> *trying* to read, some files sometimes.  And I'm also wondering whether
> it falls asleep before any drive changes get committed.

If in doubt use sync ;- )

>
> --
> [tim at localhost ~]$ uname -r
> 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686
>
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Hiisi