Seagate releases workaround for Linux users (If you have Windows) http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/12/11/seagate-issues-workaround-linux
On Mon, 2007-12-10 at 23:31 +0900, Deepak Sarda wrote: > On Dec 7, 2007 8:02 PM, Anand Vaidya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Quite an Achievement for Seagate... > > > > http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/12/06/seagate-snubs-linux > > What's so terrible about disks spinning down after inactivity? The > article seems mostly like the usual Inquirer hyperbole. > > FWIW, the 'wake-up' fix involves enabling the 'allow_restart' flag on > the device. For ubuntu kernels at least, the fix is here: > > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=494673 > > After that fix, the Seagate has been humming along quite nicely on my > desktop for the past several weeks. > > Also, I recall reading somewhere that future Linux kernels will > default to enabling the restart flag for usb mounted disk drives. > Which means that with a kernel in the not so distant future, the Free > Agent should work out of the box. > > Cheers > > Deepak > _______________________________________________ Slugnet mailing list [email protected] http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet
