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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.6.17.11
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Distribution:
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Debian
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I've had one of these for a while with a 200Gb Seagate IDE HD. A couple of things that get discussed on the web are (1) possible overheating and (2) spinning down after inactivity. So here are my experiences:
Overheating: after transferring around 60Gb the outside of the drive box is warm - certainly not hot. Seems to stay this way while drive is spinning, even if no transfers. Since the box is aluminium, I guess it can't be getting too warm inside, even without a fan.
Spin-down: The drive shows no sign of spinning down after inactivity. However the page
http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/FAQ/SpinDownUSBHarddisks
has some useful information. In particular I found that the command
/usr/bin/sg_start 0 --pc=2 /dev/sde
would spin down the drive immediately, after which it cooled off quite quickly.
The link above has some scripts for making use of this. On a Debian system the sg_start utility is part of the sg3-utils package.
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