<div dir="ltr">I don't have sg_start installed and searching for it in the apt-get cache returned no results.<div><br></div><div>I would also like it to persist between reboots.</div><div><br></div><div>Is there a way I can check what's the current state?</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div><br></div><div>Amichai.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 16:42, Alan Pope <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:popey@ubuntu.com">popey@ubuntu.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="im">On 9 March 2011 14:38, Amichai Rotman <<a href="mailto:amichai@iglu.org.il">amichai@iglu.org.il</a>> wrote:<br>
> Is the hard drive faulty?<br>
> Is there a system check I can run to verify?<br>
> Where do I look for clues?<br>
<br>
</div>Probably the drive is spinning down to save power. I have a drive<br>
which does this.<br>
<br>
<a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ExternalDriveStandby" target="_blank">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ExternalDriveStandby</a><br>
<br>
Above page may be interesting, especially the bit at the bottom:-<br>
"Use: sg_start --pc=3 /dev/sda ..for "standby" mode, which still<br>
causes the disc to spin down but allows it to automatically spin back<br>
up when accessed."<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Al.<br>
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