Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Marc Joliet <marcec@×××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: External HDD: sector size incorrectly detected on first connect
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 17:16:12
Message-Id: 20150310181557.3a10c4c3@marcec.fritz.box
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: External HDD: sector size incorrectly detected on first connect by Hans
1 Am Wed, 11 Mar 2015 02:58:20 +1000
2 schrieb Hans <linux@××××××××××××××.au>:
3
4 [...]
5 > Have a very similar problem with a USB drive. Resolved it by installing
6 > a toggle switch into the DC power line and switched the drive on when I
7 > did a backup. I.e. power up the PC, login, power up the USB drive.
8
9 I *hope* I don't have to resort to that, but I do have switchable power strips
10 if I have to. I could hook it up to the one that's not under my desk and use
11 that (my audio equipment is hooked up to it so I already use it to turn that
12 stuff on).
13
14 Greetings
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16 Marc Joliet
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18 "People who think they know everything really annoy those of us who know we
19 don't" - Bjarne Stroustrup