I also have "Device not ready"-problems when my FreeAgent USB drive spins up.
This seems to be the way to disable spindown:
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$ sudo sdparm -al /dev/sda
/dev/sda: Seagate FreeAgentDesktop 100D
Direct access device specific parameters: WP=0 DPOFUA=0
Power condition mode page:
IDLE 0 [cha: n, def: 0, sav: 0] Idle timer active
STANDBY 1 [cha: y, def: 1, sav: 1] Standby timer active
ICT 0 [cha: n, def: 0, sav: 0] Idle condition timer (100 ms)
SCT 9000 [cha: y, def:9000, sav:9000] Standby condition timer (100 ms)
$ sudo sdparm --clear STANDBY -6 /dev/sda
/dev/sda: Seagate FreeAgentDesktop 100D
$ sudo sdparm -al /dev/sda
/dev/sda: Seagate FreeAgentDesktop 100D
Direct access device specific parameters: WP=0 DPOFUA=0
Power condition mode page:
IDLE 0 [cha: n, def: 0, sav: 0] Idle timer active
STANDBY 0 [cha: n, def: 1, sav: 0] Standby timer active
ICT 0 [cha: n, def: 0, sav: 0] Idle condition timer (100 ms)
SCT 0 [cha: n, def:9000, sav: 0] Standby condition timer (100 ms)
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This, however, is really just a quick-fix. It would be nice to be able
to use automatic spindown/spinup.
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Håkon
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