Here is a alternate method. I do not own a Seagate Freeagen Pro, so I have not tried this.
(http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/12/11/seagate-issues-workaround-linux ) "How to disable power management on FreeAgent drives on Linux system. 1 - It is assumed in this example that the drive is attached to device /dev/sdc 2 - Check that the right drive is selected: $ sudo sdparm -a /dev/sdc /dev/sde: Seagate FreeAgent Pro 400A Power condition mode page: IDLE 0 [cha: n, def: 0, sav: 0] STANDBY 1 [cha: y, def: 1, sav: 1] ICT 0 [cha: n, def: 0, sav: 0] SCT 9000 [cha: y, def:9000, sav:9000] 3 - Force restart the drive ( if the drive was in stanby mode): $ sudo sdparm --command=start /dev/sdc 4 - Disable power management: $ sudo sdparm --clear STANDBY -6 /dev/sdc 5 - Check the drive power management has been disabled: $ sudo sdparm -a /dev/sdc /dev/sde: Seagate FreeAgent Pro 400A Power condition mode page: IDLE 0 [cha: n, def: 0, sav: 0] STANDBY 0 [cha: n, def: 1, sav: 0] ICT 0 [cha: n, def: 0, sav: 0] SCT 0 [cha: n, def:9000, sav: 0] posted by : Papadopulos, 11 December 2007" ----- Original Message ---- From: George Geller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 7:06:47 AM Subject: Re: Seagate Freeagent reviews > David Brown said: > Does it recover from sleep? If you would read the links I posted, you'll get the whole story. It is too much to reproduce here. http://wsms.wikiplanet.com/mediawiki/index.php/FreeAgent George -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
