i am on ubuntu 7.10 and have a wd passport 120gb (so still the first generation
of wdp) as well and noticed this annoying bug quite a while ago; still i wasn't
aware of this bugreport. i would very much appreciate a fix or even a patch for
this bug - the workaround-scripts are quite a nuisance. (especially when you
think of newbies that use their wd-passport to exchange data from time to time
with friends that are on linux too; so they would have to take the script with
them wherever they go)
so here's my workaround (just a quite ugly shell-script that uses scsi-spindown
which can be found in the package scsitools):
(drawback to this script: the drive has to be mounted for the script to
work, otherwise it will not be found via mount; so in case you just plug
it in but never mount it this script will not spin down your hdd;)
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#!/bin/bash
echo " * Looking where WD Passport is hangin' out tonight"
LOCATION=$(mount | grep "WD Passport")
# check whether you actually found WD Passport
if [ ${#LOCATION} != "0" ]
then echo " * Found it at" ${LOCATION:0:9}""
else
echo "Was unable to find WD Passport - something strange happened.
Please consult your Microsoft attendant."
exit
fi
# in case the user does abort instead of granting superuser rights at least
display an error message
echo " * Requesting superuser-rights for the spindown"
if sudo umount ${LOCATION:0:9}
then echo " * Spinning down" ${LOCATION:0:9}
scsi-spin -d ${LOCATION:0:9}
echo "WD Passport (aka "${LOCATION:0:9}")is now safe to remove."
else
echo "An unknown error occured. Please consult your Microsoft
attendant."
exit
fi
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not proper dismounting for WD passport harddrive (making noise when unplug)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/117713
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