[ubuntu-us-mi] cannot reboot/powercycle machine with external USB drive powered on

[Robert Citek]

On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Robert Citek <robert.citek at gmail.com> wrote:
> What I am looking for is a tool that will configure the drive not to
> get into whatever state it is in.  I was hoping hdparm would work, but
> none of the options I tried worked.

BTW, this is the drive:

http://www.verbatim.com/products/detail.cfm?product_id=A3271A07-1143-3415-5F0ACB9D7825CD34

My short-term solution has been to not reboot while remote.

Regards,
- Robert