[PLUG] backup drive in a NexStar dock

[Denis Heidtmann]

I found this:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/23446/how-to-avoid-hdd-spin-up-at-system-start-ubuntu-from-ssd

-Denis

On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 8:18 AM, Denis Heidtmann <denis.heidtmann at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I have a 500GB WD hard drive installed in a dock.  A number of weeks ago
> fsck reported pages of errors. A few of you looked at a sample of the
> messages and suggested that I had disconnected the drive while it was being
> written.  I had not done that (intentionally).  More recently the desktop
> reported the drive did not exist.  I powered the drive off, removed and
> reinserted the disk, the sata connector and the power plug.  I tried again
> and the drive was accessible.  The backup seemed to go normally.  Today the
> same "no such drive" message appeared.
>
> It seems likely that the fsck issues were in fact due to a disconnect
> similar to what causes the "no such drive" symptoms.
>
> So the possible causes are the sata connection, the drive's connection in
> the dock, and the power supply.  How might I trouble shoot this?
>
> Thanks,
> -Denis
>