joseph lockhart wrote:
The new seagate usb hard drives spin down after aprox
3 min, this then causes the computer to get a
"waiting" response that it interperates as a bad
device while the device spins back up, but being
logged as a bad device it will not let you access the
drive. basically you need to clear the log so that it
doesn't show up as a bad device, and then write a
script to touch the drive every two minutes or so
hope that helps
jwlockhart
Registered Linux User #458799
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Thanks for that info Joseph - I wasn't aware that they did that.
Certainly doesn't mention that in the booklet that came with the drive.
Interestingly enough however, I can click the desktop icon, and the file
will open up suggesting that from my machine's perspective, the drive is
still mounted and operational. Or have I completely misunderstood how
these things work?
Cheers
Andy
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