[Cialug] Weird USB drive issue

[L. V. Lammert]

On Thu, 12 Aug 2010, John Lengeling wrote:

> Do you have hdparam on your system?  If you do, you should use it
> instead of these hacks to keep the drive alive.  If not, you should get
> it.
>
Interesting, .. I just turned off Seagate power saving mode (hdparm -Z),
AND THE DEVICE ID SWITCHED BETWEEN COMMANDS! ???? [/dev/sdf -> /dev/sde]

> What version of Linux do you use?
>
Fedora release 9 (Sulphur)

> I have never seen the device name change like you are describing.
>
No kidding!

	Lee