Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 17:46 Post subject: Asus WL-500g Premium and Seagate 500GB USB spindown issue
Firmware Version
DD-WRT v24-sp2 (07/21/09) mega - build 12533
I got a odd problem, I tried to search all over the forums with someone with the same problem.
The problem I have is that the HDD works perfect as a NAS. I can access it, upload files to it etc. Download from it.
But if I let it be for about 1hr, it spinsdown. So it just a green "led" on it that tells me its on, but just idling.
When I try to reconnect to it, it halts, completley. I need to disconnect the USB or the Power from the hdd to access it again. A reboot of the router works too.
I have tried to have it EXT2/3 and Linux-swap with FAT32 (This is not really a FAT32 partition except its a backup partition for my wii games, legal in sweden okey ) and also tried to make it EXT3, Swap, JFFS and OPT folders. Same issue.
Anyone have an idéa? It always works fine until it spindown/idle. I have made it not able to read FAT32 also so it ignores that partition.
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Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 20:26 Post subject:
Yes, that tutorial is for FAT32, but follow the first step. You want an unallocated RAW partition. This will remove all the manufacturers tools like Sync and system restore. Then format and partition the drive. It worked for me..
Yes, that tutorial is for FAT32, but follow the first step. You want an unallocated RAW partition. This will remove all the manufacturers tools like Sync and system restore. Then format and partition the drive. It worked for me..
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Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 21:37 Post subject:
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Asus RT-AC68U
Asus RT-N66U
Asus RT-N10
Asus RT-N12
Asus RT-N16 x5
Asus WL520gU
Engenious ECB350
Linksys WRT600Nv1.1
Linksys WRT610Nv1
Linksys E2000
Netgear WNDR3300
SonicWall NSA220W
SonicWall TZ215W
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I have a version of this drive that I have been using for a while with dd-wrt. I had to do the sdparm trick a while ago for the same reason, so I can confirm that it works.
Guys this is easier, it's been faced before with the SLUG (NSLU2) ... the solution doesn't stop the spin down but configures the kernel to use it properly, i.e wakes up HDD when needed.
Guys this is easier, it's been faced before with the SLUG (NSLU2) ... the solution doesn't stop the spin down but configures the kernel to use it properly, i.e wakes up HDD when needed.
Guys this is easier, it's been faced before with the SLUG (NSLU2) ... the solution doesn't stop the spin down but configures the kernel to use it properly, i.e wakes up HDD when needed.
You can use the following in your start up script to enable on all drives:
for f in /sys/class/scsi_disk/*; do echo 1 > $f/allow_restart; done
This has worked for me and I think is better than forcing the HDD to never spin down.
This works for me with a Seagate 250 GB Freeagent external hard drive. However, I did have error when I first copied and pasted to the command box. With a little guessing (I never used Linux commands), it worked with a semicolon at the end behind "done."