Seagate and Maxtor storage solutions will work with Linux. There should be little issue reading and writing to the drives when connected to a Linux-based system. The Maxtor OneTouch 4 Plus and OneTouch 4 Mini actually ship with a Linux boot CD that works in conjunction with Maxtor Safety Drill as a bare metal restore application. The issues that are being reported are related to the power management of the Seagate FreeAgent drives. The Maxtor OneTouch 4 and OneTouch III do not have any issue with spinning the drives up through Linux after sleep mode.
All Seagate and Maxtor branded external storage solutions feature a power management that places the drive into a sleep mode after 15 minutes of inactivity. Linux does have difficulty speaking to this and waking the drive up once it has gone into sleep mode. In order to read and write to the drive, the drive needs to return to full power mode, which can be done by simply disconnecting the USB connector and plugging it back into the system. There is a method to disable power management, but it will have to be done through a Windows system.
To disable the power management feature with a Windows system, please use the following:
Seagate FreeAgent Family *Open the Seagate FreeAgent Tools application. Click Utilities in the Command panel. *The Utilities window opens. Click Adjust Drive Sleep Interval. *The Adjust Drive Sleep Interval window opens. Select an interval from the dropdown menu (Never) *Click Apply to save the Drive Sleep Interval setting. *The Adjust Drive Sleep Interval window confirms that the power setting for your drive has been changed. Click OK to return to the Utilities window.
Maxtor OneTouch 4 Family *Double-click the Maxtor Manager icon on your Desktop. The Maxtor Manager Opens.
*Click on the Settings button. The Settings window opens.
*Click Adjust Power Setting Button. The Adjust Power Setting window opens.
*By default, an OneTouch 4 will spin down after 15 minutes of inactivity; the OneTouch 4 Mini will spin down after 5 minutes of inactivity. Click on the time field to select an inactivity period (set it to Never). Click Apply.
*A Window opens notifying you that the power setting has been changed. Click OK to return to the Settings window.
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Seagate and Maxtor storage solutions will work with Linux. There should be little issue reading and writing to the drives when connected to a Linux-based system. The Maxtor OneTouch 4 Plus and OneTouch 4 Mini actually ship with a Linux boot CD that works in conjunction with Maxtor Safety Drill as a bare metal restore application. The issues that are being reported are related to the power management of the Seagate FreeAgent drives. The Maxtor OneTouch 4 and OneTouch III do not have any issue with spinning the drives up through Linux after sleep mode.
All Seagate and Maxtor branded external storage solutions feature a power management that places the drive into a sleep mode after 15 minutes of inactivity. Linux does have difficulty speaking to this and waking the drive up once it has gone into sleep mode. In order to read and write to the drive, the drive needs to return to full power mode, which can be done by simply disconnecting the USB connector and plugging it back into the system. There is a method to disable power management, but it will have to be done through a Windows system.
To disable the power management feature with a Windows system, please use the following:
Seagate FreeAgent Family
*Open the Seagate FreeAgent Tools application. Click Utilities in the Command panel.
*The Utilities window opens. Click Adjust Drive Sleep Interval.
*The Adjust Drive Sleep Interval window opens. Select an interval from the dropdown menu (Never)
*Click Apply to save the Drive Sleep Interval setting.
*The Adjust Drive Sleep Interval window confirms that the power setting for your drive has been changed. Click OK to return to the Utilities window.
Maxtor OneTouch 4 Family
*Double-click the Maxtor Manager icon on your Desktop. The Maxtor Manager Opens.
*Click on the Settings button. The Settings window opens.
*Click Adjust Power Setting Button. The Adjust Power Setting window opens.
*By default, an OneTouch 4 will spin down after 15 minutes of inactivity; the OneTouch 4 Mini will spin down after 5 minutes of inactivity. Click on the time field to select an inactivity period (set it to Never). Click Apply.
*A Window opens notifying you that the power setting has been changed. Click OK to return to the Settings window.