<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/7/21 Mitch Gore <<a href="mailto:mitchell.gore@gmail.com">mitchell.gore@gmail.com</a>>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div dir="ltr"><div class="Ih2E3d"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="ltr">Could be its a WD iBook.<br>
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</blockquote></div></div>Actually a myBook.<br><br>Anyway i started googling power issues with the MyBook and sure enough there are reports of this happening all over. Apparently in Windows you load software the handles power management by turning it off and on when needed. In linux there is not software so the hardware just turnes itself off after so long of no activity. </div>
</blockquote><div><br>This is probably a fairly sensible design decision.<br><br>It might be worth considering a new case (and an internal HD) if this is a long term storage solution. External USB drives aren't really ment to be used in this way....<br>
<br><a href="http://www.dansdata.com/gz055.htm">http://www.dansdata.com/gz055.htm</a><br><br>Is worth a read. :)<br><br>(Although, according to google heat is less of an issue in drive lifespans.)<br><br>Ian<br></div></div>
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