Edward Beckmann wrote: > Hi > > Probably a doh! question but here goes. > > If I use one of the USB-powered external HDDs now quite common, can I > power them down without unplugging them? I want to use one for > short-term backups / rarely used data. Yes, I will also plan the > off-site stuff as well.
Someone will correct me if I am wrong but here goes. I use two external drives on a very old box and hald picks up the drives and creates the fstab entry. I then manually mount the drives and when I want to disconnect them have to umount then turn off the drive. Of course this is a server system, desktop systems will likely mount the drive and simply turning it off should unmount it. Personally I prefer to unmount or 'eject' the drive before turning it off as my server systems are configured to cache data in memory and turning off the (ext2/3) external drive has resulted in disk recovery and lost files. Hope this helps, Jacqui -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
