https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=270808
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--- Comment #40 from k...@web.de ---
(In reply to David Polák from comment #37)
> There is currently no way to remove external disks safely in KDE.
>
> `udisksctl power-off --block-device /dev/sdb` spins down the disk for about
> a second, before KDE spins it back up.
>
Consider my vote added.
> Workarounds:
> 1) Turn off your computer, remove disk, turn on your computer.
> 2) Kill X server, udiskctl spin down, start X server
>
> Those workarounds should be satisfactory enough for everybody. /rant
Is this workaround successful for you?
Step
1 Eject in dolphin
2 # hdparm -y /dev/sdb
3 Press HDD enclosure power button/Remove USB cable to external HDD
Some more background to this.
Turns out that most cheap external USB/SATA/firewire enclosures don’t properly
issue a stop command to the drive when you flick the power switch. Instead, the
power switch simply cuts power to the drive, which forces the drive to do an
emergency head retract. If you think that sounds bad, you’re right. Emergency
retracts aren’t going to brick your drive immediately, but if they occur
regularly they’re putting a lot of unnecessary wear and tear on the drive. In
fact, some drives monitor how often this happens with S.M.A.R.T. attribute 192.
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