Pretty much one year later, I looked at this again and found out that my USB-IDE bridge does not support the ATACB commands that were sent to it. This patch is now propagating into the kernel: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb.git/commit/?h =usb-next&id=671b4b2ba9266cbcfe7210a704e9ea487dcaa988
** Summary changed: - hdparm makes USB drive hang + hdparm and ata_id makes USB drive hang -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/428469 Title: hdparm and ata_id makes USB drive hang To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/428469/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs