Thanks for that info. Yes, I can confirm that you can remove a hard drive, in Kubuntu10.4, using either udisks (as above) or using the gnome disk utility (even further above).
Why oh why does this STILL not happen automatically when you use the normal safe removal option? Kubuntu is a graphical front to Linux that supposedly 'just works' - for something as basic as removing a hard drive you should not have to resort to bash. I wonder how many disks just get pulled out of the usb socket, still spinning, because the save removal has done its bit and a lot of people don't even realise there is a problem. I notice the bug is still regarded as a low priority - tell that to someone who looses a nice fancy usb hard-drive after the heads bounce all across the surface when they pull the plug on it! -- WD external drives need to be spun down, "sdparm --command=stop" doesn't work any more https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/117713 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
