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Nick W
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 Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2004 5:38 am Post subject: Shut Down External Drive? |
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Hi all,
man, i wish the site-search was better! 
How might I shutdown an external hard drive connected via USB on /dev/sda1?
Much thx..
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TJNII
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Do you mean safely turn it off, or initialize a software shutdown feature on the drive?
I know the former is just a matter of unmounting it, no idea on the latter. |
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Nick W
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The latter
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shade266
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| Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2004 5:52 pm Post subject: |
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Nick, you may wanna try google using | Code: | | usb external shutdown |
as your search parameters. i found some topics relative to your suation involving laptops. you can use the info that comes up possibly.
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Nick W
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| Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 7:19 am Post subject: |
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hmmmm.. didnt come up with much of any use but thankyou anyway
It really isnt that important, I just thought it could be done so wanted to know how to do it
Cheers
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