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Re: External hard drive immediately remounts after trying to shut it down




On 10/26/2015 08:22 PM, Safwat wrote:
> 
> 
> 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).
> 

There wasn't any typo. Sorry.

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