ls -l /dev/sdc* Depending on how the application is opening it having a partition on it seems to block certain apps from opening the underlying device. It likely depends on how the application is opening it. dd always works in my experience, but other tools appear to be unhappy when they detect another user of the device. On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 10:17 AM, Patrick Dupre <pdupre@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > When I try to benchmark a hard drive > (from the Disk applicaton), I get: > > Error opening /dev/sdc: Device or resource busy (udisks-error-quark, 0) > > This disk work fine (from GsmartControl). > > What do I miss? > > Thank. > > =========================================================================== > Patrick DUPRÉ | | email: pdupre@xxxxxxx > Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie de l'Atmosphère | | > Université du Littoral-Côte d'Opale | | > Tel. (33)-(0)3 28 23 76 12 | | Fax: 03 28 65 82 44 > 189A, avenue Maurice Schumann | | 59140 Dunkerque, France > =========================================================================== > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
