Public bug reported: When ejecting my USB hard drive on the desktop using the gnome menu item 'Eject' the hard drive spins down and turns itself off. This is good.
However, when turning Ubuntu off, this does not happen. I think the hard drive should be unmounted in the same way as when an eject is performed. This way the hard drive spins down and turns itself of when the computer does. I often find the hard drive all warm and running in the morning because I forgot to turn it off manually. ** Affects: Ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- USB Hardrive spins down on eject, not on shutdown https://launchpad.net/bugs/70801 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs