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LinuxUSBHardDrivePowerManagement
/*
* Removes power management and keeps USB hard drive alive in Linux
* You can dissable the powermanagement of your device with the following command (no powermanagement = no spindown - no standby for the harddrive)
*/
hdparm -B 255 /dev/sdX
/*
* replace sdX with the name of your harddrive
* This will only last till you restart your pc.
*
* If you want it to be permanent: write the command in this file
*/
/etc/rc.local
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