I have figured out that if you use the sdparm command on a sg device the disk will spin down properly. Use sg_map to find out your disk mapping. You need to have sg3 utils installed.
sdparm -C stop /dev/sg1 On 9/18/10, 666f6f <444...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > I spoke a little too soon too. It seems that I can spin down my disk by > doing sudo sg_start 0 /dev/sdb but only if the drive is mounted. This is > already mentioned in bug #117713 by JoeZ251 in comment #45 > (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/117713/comments/45). > > -- > External disk won't spindown > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/444818 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > -- External disk won't spindown https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/444818 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
