Problem unmounting external hard drives

[chris]

On Sun, 2011-03-20 at 17:29 -0500, MirJafar Ali wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am using Maxtor 500 GB external ( USB 2.0) hard drive and whenever I
> try to unmount the
> drive using "Safely remove drive" option, I get the following error
> and I am concerned if
> something has gone bad.
> 
> Please help.
> 
> 
> Error detaching: helper exited with exit code 1: Detaching
> device /dev/sdc
> USB device: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0b.1/usb1/1-6)
> SYNCHRONIZE CACHE: OK
> STOP UNIT: FAILED: No such file or directory
> 
> 
> Mir
> 

Interesting, as I have a Maxtor 1 terrabyte, and get the same error
message on exiting.
Does not seem to do any harm to the device though

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Cheers the kiwi