Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 2 Jan 2009 15:08:45 +0100 | From | Tino Keitel <> | Subject | Re: Enable CONFIG_USB_SUSPEND by default or some mobile HD can't be unplugged safely |
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On Fri, Jan 02, 2009 at 22:00:23 +0800, Yan Li wrote: > On Fri, Jan 02, 2009 at 10:56:43AM +0100, Tino Keitel wrote: > > With a WD My Passport drive (2,5"), I need to use sg_start --stop --pc=3 > > to stop the disk before unplugging it. Maybe this works with your > > drive, too. This is also required by some Firewire hard disks. Maybe > > the eject command should be extended to use this method, as it is used > > also by HAL to eject hotplug devices. > > Hum... I grepped my hal and hal-info packages but haven't found any > scripts using `sg_*'. I'm using hal package 0.5.11-6 from Debian > testing.
HAL uses /usr/bin/eject, which doesn't set the power condition (as sg_start --pc=X does). So eject (and HAL) doesn't work with disks that require to set the power condition.
Just try sg_start --stop --pc=3 /dev/sdX to see if it works for you.
Regards, Tino
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