Re: External hdd changing device node mid-use

[Panayiotis Karabassis <panayk@gmail.com>]

Thanks all. I tried toying with udev to create a persistent node name, 
but to no avail. The problem seem to be that the hdd is periodically 
disconnecting. By the time it has disconnected, it is too late. Md has 
already faulted the device. If anyone has any ideas about preventing the 
drive from disconnecting... I tried running sdparm in a cron job, as I 
read somewhere, but it didn't work. I suspect it is disconnecting by 
design, as this as an external usb-powered disk. It's model is LG HXD5 
320GB if it helps.