On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 08:17:12AM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > I've lost the beginnings of this thread, but there was a recent story > about Seagate FreeAgent drives being (intentionally?) designed to > *not* work with Linux. > > http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/09/0651200 > > I actually emailed SeaGate as I've been using their drives very > happily for a couple of years (can't beat 5yr warranty for the price) > and was really disappointed by this development. I told them I > wouldn't be buying/recommending seagate in the future. They actually > bothered to respond! Something like: we're sorry, but we do offer a > number of other drives that are fully compatible. basically > sidestepping my questions and writing me off as a customer. oh well.
Its to do with the power management features of the drive. There is a workaround: sdparm --clear STANDBY -6 /dev/sd[Your device] See: http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/FAQ/DealWithAutoSpinDownOnSeagateFreeAgent http://www.cgkreality.com/2007/11/27/seagate-freeagent-idle-under-linux/ http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/12/06/seagate-snubs-linux basically it just comes down to using sdparm to wipe out the idle flag on the drive. -- Chris. ====== -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
