Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:59:51 +0900 | From | Tejun Heo <> | Subject | Re: [smartmontools-support] inactive SATA drives won't stay in standby or sleep, PATA models did. (fwd) |
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Linda Walsh wrote: > Tejun Heo wrote: >> Linda Walsh wrote: >> >>> Controller is a Promise TX4/300 >>> Yeap. After the drive goes offline, does unplugging and replugging >>> the power cable to the harddrive makes it come back? >>> > ---- > No. It hangs the computer. about 2-3 seconds after plugging the > drives back in. Did it twice to verify it wasn't a fluke. Verified > drives removed from /dev, then > plugged them back in -- was able to do about 1-2 ls commands on /dev, then > keyboard goes dead. > > First time I tried unplugging the power cables and replugging -- > that hung... > 2nd time tried unplugging a sata cable and replugging -- that hung too.
Ah.. okay, so the controller went bonkers then. Any chance you can shell out ~15 bucks and try a sil SATA controller?
> Hopefully you won't need any more tests of this exact nature...? :-)
Wasn't it fun and empowering? :-P
-- tejun
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