Something that would be really nice for external drives is the ability to spin it down, and then back up again for re-mount.. this lets you effectively turn off the drive from your desktop without having to physically unplug the external drive.
On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 4:37 PM, Frederik Nnaji <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi again, MPT ;) > > On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 19:32, Matthew Paul Thomas <[email protected]>wrote: > >> But what proportion of people who use USB keys understand that it's >> possible to "power them on and off", do you think? >> > > rather usb hdd, is what i was thinking of.. > I remember discussion on how there's no way to power down a hdd after > unmounting its partitions (to make sure it's now okay to remove the cable) > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > -- Scott Armitage, B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc. candidate Space Flight Laboratory University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies 4925 Dufferin Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M3H 5T6
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