[Gllug] Backup drive for CentOS 5 remote setup

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On 19/08/10 00:21, gvim wrote:
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> I formatted the whole drive ext3 under /dev/sdb on CentOS 5 and now I find the drive is randomly dropping into idle mode or powered-down mode. Worse, these power settings can only be modified from a Windows control panel so there goes my scripted automated backup system.
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> gvim
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Not if you're willing to try a kludge ;)

Why not setup a little cron job to read/write a file once a minute 
thereby preventing it from idling?

Roger.

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