ubuntu-server 7.10, what might be preventing my USB drive from sleeping?

[Karl Larsen]

Chris G wrote:
> I have a new ubuntu server 7.10 installation used as a NAS system in
> my garage.  It has a 500Gb external USB drive connected to it.
>
> Something is preventing the external USB drive from going into sleep
> mode, i.e. something is accessing the USB drive at intervals such that
> it thinks it shouldn't power down.  Previously when I used the network
> drive via its ethernet interface (not from the ubuntu server system)
> it did go into sleep mode.
>
> The ubuntu server installation was done without the USB drive even
> connected so there's nothing apart from backups on the external drive.
>
> Can anyone suggest what might be keeping the USB drive awake and/or
> ways of diagnosing what's keeping it awake?
>
>   
    I have a hard drive that I connect to my Ubuntu using a USB cable. I 
works fine and I reach it at /media/disk/. What keeps it running is a 
power supply. The HD will run until I turn it off with a switch.

    So I don't understand your problem :-)

Karl


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