I notice that when I simply umount a USB drive, it stays powered up until I unplug it.
On the Gnome desktop, I can right click on a drive's icon. There are two options in the menu, "unmount" and "safely remove drive". I notice that when I do the latter, I see some activity on the drive for a few seconds, and then it shuts itself off. This is nice if you are about to transport the drive, and would probably contribute to drive longevity. Now that I know that it can be done, what is the command line equivalent of "safely remove drive"? I'd like to be able to script it. Thanks -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
