On 30 Sep 2001, Ron Cordell wrote:
I think that the point about the drives getting hot may be right on. The drives are Seagate 9GB 5.25" full height drives - real bricks. I used them because I got a case of 5 drives new for $100. The two Seagates are spaced next to each other because of the full height - there isn't any other room in the drive bays. I'll make sure that the case has extra cooling - I already have push - pull case fans, but perhaps I can arrange something across the drives a little better.
I have found what maybe the problem, but I am not discounting the hardware one...
From the hdparm man page: -Z
Disable the automatic power-saving function of certain Seagate drives (ST3xxx models?), to prevent them from idling/spinning- down at inconvenient times. I doubt this is it, but it's worth a try... maybe. -- noodlez: Karol Pietrzak PGP KeyID: 0x3A1446A0