Using Palimpsest (from Karmic) has fixed this issue as you can disconnect AND power down any usb devices with it with just one click ;) (You can even access S.M.A.R.T attributes from your external usb hard drives). Haven't try sdparm command though...
-- WD external drives need to be spun down, "sdparm --command=stop" doesn't work any more https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/117713 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
