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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>I have two drives that are set to spindown.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>hdparm -S240 /dev/sdb<BR>hdparm -S240
/dev/sdc</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>After they have spinned down the (/dev/sdb) Seagate
Barracuda LowPower 1.5TB 5900RPM SATA2 32M does not wake up.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>The Samsung drive spins up just fine.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri><BR> </DIV></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>#hdparm -i /dev/sdb</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>/dev/sdb:<BR> HDIO_DRIVE_CMD(identify) failed:
Invalid exchange<BR> HDIO_GET_IDENTITY failed: No message of desired
type<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>#hdparm -i /dev/sdc</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>/dev/sdc:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri> Model=SAMSUNG, FwRev=1AA01113,
SerialNo=S13UJDWQ715934<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>]# pwd<BR>/1500<BR># ls -l<BR>ls: reading directory .:
Input/output error<BR>total 0<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>After reboot the /dev/sdb is up and
running.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>What to do with the disk?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Can it be set to spindown some other way?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri></FONT><FONT face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Yours,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Timo</FONT></DIV>
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