On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 7:51 PM, Warren Block <wbl...@wonkity.com> wrote:
> So it's worth trying to disable power saving on that drive. sysutils/ataidle > can do it, and can run from rc.conf: > ataidle_enable="YES" > ataidle_devices="da0" > ataidle_da0="-P 0" thanks Warren. I can't see how it would go to sleep mid-transfer. I can see from iostat transfers going continuously and at great speeds and then the error happens. the backup software is not stalling at the source or anything. I will try your suggestion later. currently every test means hanging and rebooting a working server and is a bit of a pain. 8( /max _______________________________________________ freebsd-usb@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-usb To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-usb-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"