On 10/26/2015 02:07 PM, Safwat wrote: > I have an external hard drive at `/dev/sdb`. I can successfully unmount > it either via the Thunar GUI or via this command: > `udisksctl unmount --block-device /dev/sdb`. > > However, the external hard drive keeps spinning after an unmount. To > completely shut it down, I either use the Thunar "Eject" button or the > command: `udisksctl power-off --block-device /dev/sdb`. > > In both cases, the drive powers off successfully and I hear it spin down > until it stops (This is possibly a fan and not the drive itself, but I > doubt this is relevant), but immediately afterwards, it powers up, gets > re-detected by the system, gets auto-mounted, and starts spinning once > again. > > > - How can I resolve this? > - Is unmount alone without eject/poweroff enough to keep my drive healthy? > minor typo: gets re-attached by the system (and not re-detached).
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