On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 06:58:55AM +0200, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: > Thanks all. I tried toying with udev to create a persistent node name, > but to no avail. The problem seem to be that the hdd is periodically > disconnecting. By the time it has disconnected, it is too late. Md has > already faulted the device. If anyone has any ideas about preventing the > drive from disconnecting... I tried running sdparm in a cron job, as I > read somewhere, but it didn't work. I suspect it is disconnecting by > design, as this as an external usb-powered disk. It's model is LG HXD5 > 320GB if it helps.
It may be worth while checking your cable. Try it with another USB-cable. I have had several bad cables in the past causing the drive to be unmounted continually. Regards Johann -- Johann Spies Telefoon: 021-808 4699 Databestuurder / Data manager Sentrum vir Navorsing oor Evaluasie, Wetenskap en Tegnologie Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology Universiteit Stellenbosch. "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace." Isaiah 9:6 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101221063501.gb5...@sun.ac.za