Hi, Regarding cutting power to the USB stick, as well as physically pulling it out, it may be possible to ‘turn it off and on again’ by software.
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v4.16/driver-api/usb/power-management.html#usb-port-power-control
https://github.com/mvp/uhubctl#readme
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/uhubctl
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Cheers, Ralph.
