On Fri, 13 Jul 2007, Stephen Samuel wrote: > I have a Seagate external 500GB drive that has a problem with Linux. > What's going on (I'm guessing) is that, after a period of inactivity, the > drive > goes into an odd state (probably low-power), and the next read request results > in a read error. (see below). > > What catches my eye is: > Jul 13 14:30:49 steve-dev kernel: [344664.233185] Additional > sense: Logical unit not ready, initializing command required > > It seems to me that this error is requesting that the device be restarted. > Couldn't the normal response to this sense code be to reset the > device and/or allow it to resettle, rather than throwing an error back > into user space? It's really annoying to have your external hard drive > 'randomly' disappear when you go for lunch.
I believe this has been addressed in later kernels. Anyway it's a SCSI problem, not a USB problem. You should post your message to the linux-scsi mailing list; they ought to be able to help. Alan Stern ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Linux-usb-users@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
