josef wolf xpraveninkade sun feb 10 2008 123710pm 0100 carlos e r wrote figured shut external usb drives sg_start devsgx 0 find device specific path belongs example find currently need shut devsg3 want shut disk mediasomedisk mount grep mediasomedisk thanks quick response carlos unfortunately command gives devsdx device file sg_start dont work sg_start wants operate generic scsi device devsgy please notice g instead device name sg devices number attached instead letter wed 06 aug 2008 014811 0100 opensuse shut external usb disks