Alberto,
Try this on your FreeAgent. It solved the issue for me with spinning
down.
echo 1 /sys/class/scsi_disk/X\:0\:0\:0/allow_restart
This solved the IO/error but apparently it doesn't work for everyone.
echo 1024 /sys/block/sdX/device/max_sectors
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USB mass storage stops working
Hi people,
I don't want to say to much now because I've been disappointed before ..
But I've got my FreeAgent to work for quite some time now by doing the
following.
echo 1024 /sys/block/sdX/device/max_sectors
solved the I/O errors
echo 1 /sys/class/scsi_disk/X\:0\:0\:0/allow_restart
solved
Not working after all.
[ 4661.576000] usb 5-7: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
[ 4661.828000] usb 5-7: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
[ 4662.08] usb 5-7: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
[ 4874.296000] usb 5-7: USB
Andrew,
I changed to 0 in drivers/usb/host/ehci-hcd.c and built my kernel,
2.6.20.3.
Haven't had time to do a lot of testing yet. However it was working the few
hours I tested it. I moved a lot of data back and forth and also let it rest
for +30 min before going again.
The sessions
Ubuntu Edgy kernel 2.6.17-11-generic
I'm pretty much having the same problem. At first I thought modprobe -r
ehci_hcd solved the issue (of course with lower speed).
But after plugging my Seagate FreeAgent 320GB in and trying to transfer a
dvd-image I get the following error.
Does anyone have an