Re: Stopping USB HDD

[MJ <mafsys1234%gmail.com@localhost>]

On 25/08/2021 1:25 am, Riza Dindir wrote:
> Hello
>
> When I power off the system (with poweroff) the connected USB HDD
> makes a noise that comes from the heads. A distinct clicking noise.

Does the external USB eventually power down or continue spinning?


> I wanted to know if there is a way, when powering off the system, any
> usb hdd drive that is connected to the system be stopped properly, and
> the disk heads are parked?

You can look at https://man.netbsd.org/atactl.8 and perhaps do something like this:

1. Unmount it.

2. Sleep it.

3. Power off the system.

You could achieve this with a script.

Cheers

Mark.