FWIW: I was having the same problem and I appear to have come across a solution (derived from this thread) for my particular setup at least:
Dell Latitude D620; lsusb: Bus 005 Device 008: ID 0b97:7762 O2 Micro, Inc. Oz776 SmartCard Reader Bus 005 Device 006: ID 046d:c043 Logitech, Inc. Bus 005 Device 003: ID 0bc2:2000 Seagate RSS LLC Bus 005 Device 007: ID 0ace:1215 ZyDAS Bus 005 Device 005: ID 0b97:7761 O2 Micro, Inc. Bus 005 Device 004: ID 050d:0234 Belkin Components F5U234 USB 2.0 4-Port Hub Bus 005 Device 002: ID 413c:a005 Dell Computer Corp. Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Booted with Ubuntu 7.04 installed using the alternate "text" install CD with all updates applied on Seagate FreeAgent Go 120GB, Linux and Windows (for sharing) partitions. my script "disk-allow-restart.sh": #!/bin/bash # Place this file (and make executable) in /etc/init.d/, and list in /etc/rc.local like this: "/etc/init.d/disk-allow-restart.sh" echo 1024 > /sys/block/sdb/device/max_sectors echo 1 > /sys/class/scsi_disk/0:0:0:0/allow_restart echo 1 > /sys/class/scsi_disk/2:0:0:0/allow_restart I had to experiment a bit at the command line to find the format that actually changed the value in "allow_restart". This is the only computer I boot with this external drive, so I did not need to fiddle with any wildcards. I don't know if the "max_sectors" setting is necessary, and what made the difference on spinning up the drive was the "allow_restart" values changing to "1". After more time if I get any IO errors, I'll put max_sectors down to 128 or something. -- USB mass storage stops working after a while https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61235 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
