<div dir="ltr">On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 8:00 AM, Mitch Gore <<a href="mailto:mitchell.gore@gmail.com">mitchell.gore@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><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">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. <br>
</div></blockquote></div><br>I had similar problems with my Seagate Freeagent Pro. The solution I found here:<br>
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<a href="http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/FAQ/DealWithAutoSpinDownOnSeagateFreeAgent">http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/FAQ/DealWithAutoSpinDownOnSeagateFreeAgent</a><br>
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worked OK. I only had occasional spin down issues after setting allow_restart to 1, but it still did happen.<br>
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Eventually I pulled the 750G drive out of the enclosure, put it in my
new desktop, and remote mounted it. I gave the enclosure to my sister,
who put a 350G drive in it to use under windows. We both ended up
better for the experience.<br>
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If there's no room in your current case, I'd suggest spending a minimal
amount to put together a second machine to serve as NAS. Rip the drive
out of the enclosure and go from there.<br><br>-- <br>Doug<br></div>