Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2015 15:15:26 -0700 From: Chris Stankevitz <chrisstankevitz@gmail.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Stop using a SATA drive Message-ID: <CAPi0psu5pP_Z7FcR8h5cQAZiZyDmQTKWzFx-17tUEV5g-%2B7hjw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20150824214252.53aa04c6.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <CAPi0psvT5aaHR7kU%2B28qwVDdutyMn7LjhFUGZRWctz4gGfgvgw@mail.gmail.com> <20150824214252.53aa04c6.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 12:42 PM, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote:
> Ye olde atacontrol had a "detach" option. Its equivalent
> is "camcontrol stop" which you have discovered. This should
> be sufficient.
>
> However, I'm doing this with SATA and external USB disks
> a lot: Issue "sync", call umount, give it some seconds
> to actually complete (!) those tasks, and then power it
> off (external power supply off for USB, combined plug
> removed from SATA disk). No problems so far.
Polytropon,
Thank you. I've been doing the same... but I assumed/hoped there was
more I could do. I also shutdown smartd before pulling the drive, and
start smartd afterwards. I hope there are not others. ("hope" is a
common theme here... which is why I'm writing to the list)
I didn't know that the heads were parked when the power is cut... but
that is a relief to hear.
Thanks again,
Chris
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