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   From: java@evij.com.invalid   
      
   On 2025-05-08 12:57, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   > On 2025-05-07 15:50, Theo wrote:   
   >> Are you sure this delay isn't just the drive set to spin down when not   
   >> used?   
   >> Perhaps they boot in the spun-down state.  When you try to access a drive   
   >> that's spun down, the system will often hang waiting for it to spin up.   
   >> Since the kernel wants to read the partition table stored on the disc I'm   
   >> not surprised if it hangs if the drive isn't spinning, and maybe times   
   >> out.   
   >>   
   >> The simplest way to adjust it with a Windows tool like SeaTools - there's   
   >> now a version for Linux and a bootable USB version too.   
   >   
   > Some boxes set that OFF timeout themselves, not in the disks, so that it   
   > is impossible to modify. At ten minutes of no activity, they power down   
   > the disks.   
      
   It's not the problem here anyway.  The disks are set to sleep, but, so   
   far at least, that simply means a short delay until the box responds   
   over the network and the directory is listed or whatever.  That is   
   different behaviour from what is happening, or rather not happening, on   
   first boot.   
      
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