Tejun Heo wrote:
> 
> Can you try the following instead of hdparm?
> 
> echo 1 > /sys/bus/scsi/devices/1:0:0:0/power/state
> 
> It will make libata involved in putting the disk to sleep and waking it
> up, and, when waking, it will kick the drive in the ass by resetting the
> channel.  Please try with the latest -rc kernel.
> 

Sorry to say, but this did not work:

# echo 1 > /sys/bus/scsi/devices/0:0:0:0/power/state
bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument
# ll !$
ll /sys/bus/scsi/devices/0:0:0:0/power/state
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Aug  1 20:00 /sys/bus/scsi/devices/0:0:0:0/power/state
# cat !$
cat /sys/bus/scsi/devices/0:0:0:0/power/state
0
# uname -a
Linux bugs 2.6.18-rc3 #2 PREEMPT Sun Jul 30 16:26:22 CEST 2006 i686 GNU/Linux


Regards

Harri