As proposed on ubuntuforums http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=451344&page=6
I used sdparm to spin off : gksudo sdparm --command=sync /dev/sdb1 gksudo sdparm --command=stop /dev/sdb1 (where sdb1 is my external HD) Nothing happened. -- WD My book hard disk is not turned off when unmounting https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/241927 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
