From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7B17138CBD for ; Tue, 10 Mar 2015 16:58:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9A704E089D; Tue, 10 Mar 2015 16:58:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 86578E0896 for ; Tue, 10 Mar 2015 16:58:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YVNUH-0006bT-2e for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 10 Mar 2015 17:58:33 +0100 Received: from 220-245-218-217.tpgi.com.au ([220.245.218.217]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 10 Mar 2015 17:58:33 +0100 Received: from linux by 220-245-218-217.tpgi.com.au with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 10 Mar 2015 17:58:33 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Hans Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: External HDD: sector size incorrectly detected on first connect Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 02:58:20 +1000 Message-ID: References: <20150306204428.4432f883@marcec.fritz.box> <20150307112422.0d9b6b4b@marcec.fritz.box> <20150310104527.5051f632@marcec.fritz.box> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 220-245-218-217.tpgi.com.au User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.5.0 In-Reply-To: <20150310104527.5051f632@marcec.fritz.box> X-Archives-Salt: 8692ccbb-f824-4fa8-aa32-610d24fa3bfc X-Archives-Hash: 2a20fa25fc9af08bfa0073f3acec3cfc On 10/03/15 19:45, Marc Joliet wrote: > Hi > > while I haven't had a chance to try the external HDD on my brother's > Windows computer yet, I did notice one thing: when I turn the HDD off (i.e., > unplug its AC) for several hours and turn it back on (with my PC still running > the entire time) the problem does *not* show up. > > I would think that this points to a driver problem, but then again, the problem > also fails to show up when I reboot my computer while the drive stays on. > > The only time when the problem consistently shows up is when I turn my computer > off for a longer period of time (with or without turning off the power strip > the PC and HDD are attached to). For example, after turning the PC off for the > night, the problem always occurs after I turn it back on in the morning. > > I wonder if it has anything to do with my USB3 PCI card. > > (This is, incidentally, why I haven't been able to try it with my brother's PC > yet: the only condition where I know the that the problem will show up is after > leaving my computer off for the night or while I'm gone during the day. So I > would have to try it with my brother in the morning or evening, but that has > not been possible yet.) > > One more thing I'll try: not having the HDD plugged into the USB3 slot when my > computer boots up. > > Greetings > Have a very similar problem with a USB drive. Resolved it by installing a toggle switch into the DC power line and switched the drive on when I did a backup. I.e. power up the PC, login, power up the USB drive.