On 17Jun2021 12:15, Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >On Thu, 2021-06-17 at 07:20 -0300, George N. White III wrote: >> > The technical specifications of the drives should mention startup >> power >> management. There may also be some power management in the dock. >> I've noticed that it is becoming more difficult to find detailed >> documentation >> of add-on hardware. At one time you could open the box, identify key >> IC's >> and get the spec. sheets, but now you may find a general-purpose CPU. >> > >It's a cheap dock so probably not easy to find any technical >documentation. One thing I might try is to swap the two drives around >just to see if it's always the same one that causes the delay. On the subject of power as raised by George, I had trouble with too many USB bus powered drives on the home server. A powered USB 3.1 hub helps me out there. Doubtless it has its own limits. Cheers, Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure