[driver-usb] Maxtor OneTouch4 going offline on snv_84 SPARC

[Richard Skelton]

> The solution was to disable power management on the
> drive.  Since I'm not a Mac or Windows user I had to
> download the software from the Seagate web site and
> find someone with a Mac to apply the setting (I had
> reformatted the drive minutes after I unpacked it, so
> I didn't have the Windows/Mac software on it
> anymore).  The drive still went offline until I also
> modified /etc/power.conf.  It's been working well
> since.

What did you change in /etc/power.conf ?

Do you think you needed to disable power management on the drive as the mods to /etc/power.conf worked for you?

Cheers
Richard.
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