Le dimanche 24 janvier 2010 03:43:30, vous avez icrit :
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> complain to your drive vendor
>
> On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 12:16:07AM +0100, jean-francois wrote:
> > Hi List,
> >
> > In my new server, the commands given through rc.local are
> >
> > atactl wd1 setidle 180
> > atactl wd1 setstandby 900
> >
> > The first time the command is given, the disk spins down, but after the
> > disk is activated again, it won't go back to idl / standby modes.
> >
> > Giving again a standby order works, but not the timers.
> >
> > Has anyone ideas ?
> >
> > Regards
>

The drive has been mounted during installation phase, and is mounted in
/mnt/drive in fstab. I think there is no particular access to it that prevents
to fall in standby, correct ?