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From: Daniel Frey <djqfrey@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Manipulating a mobile external harddisk
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2016 15:42:04
Message-Id: 56B0CE3A.7020903@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Manipulating a mobile external harddisk by Meino.Cramer@gmx.de
1 On 02/02/2016 12:38 AM, Meino.Cramer@×××.de wrote:
2 > Hi @all,
3 >
4 > thanks for the infos so far.
5 >
6 > Just to correct me if I got it wrong expressed
7 > (sorry, I am no native english speaker...)
8 >
9 > The harddisk in question is this little external
10 > USB hd, which is used for data storage only.
11 > It is by far no server disk or anything else
12 > high-end-24/7-thingy... ;)
13 >
14 > Best regards,
15 > Meino
16 >
17 >
18 >
19 >
20
21 Also, USB disks will have a USB timeout before the port itself sleeps.
22 It could be that the USB drive firmware itself sleeps the drive when the
23 USB port goes to sleep.
24
25 Dan