On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Bharathi Subramanian < sbhara...@midascomm.com> wrote:
> Hi all, > > Recently to simulate HW issue, in a properly running (Linux) system, > we removed the power cable and reconnected after ~1min. During the HDD > power off and after the power on condition, whatever appl running in > memory is continue to run, till it needs to access the HDD and it > crashed at the time of accessing the HDD. Unable to start any appl or > command and got I/O Error. Only after a reboot, system back to normal > condition. > > Someone can throw a light on "why system unable to come back to normal > after HDD power reconnected". And during hibernate, How the appl are > able resume back to normal operation? > I think if the harddisk spin down features are used before powering it off and again spin it up during power on and then applications can get access. may be you can get some better result. I am not sure of this, but this is just an idea i got it from here http://www.spencerstirling.com/computergeek/powersaving.html . Bye, Krishna. _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
