[mythtv-users] warning for anyone with western digital green drives

[Gregorio Gervasio, Jr.]

>>>>> Ronald Frazier writes:
[...]
> Apparently this is a very common problem noted by many linux users
> with these drives. The way to solve this problem is download the
> wdidle3 utility (you must boot into DOS to run it) and use it to
> either disable the feature or set the timeout to a larger value.


        This runs under Linux:

http://idle3-tools.sourceforge.net/

It worked for me, but use at your own risk.
-- 
Gregorio Gervasio, Jr.
gregorio.gervasio at gmail.com