<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Hello all, Is there a possibility to check with hal if, for example an USB-stick, is completely ready (for using)? Reason is that I want to ensure if there are 2 volumes on the USB-stick. If that is verified, I can use the stick, otherwise, I cannot. The problem is that I can wait for both volumes, but I don't know how long to wait if they are not there. Maybe you can help me how to fix this. I've already asked this question a long time ago but I get no response, so I thought, let's try here again. A suggestion then (from Artem Kachitchkin) was a  "info.scan_state" property, with values 'in_progress' and 'done'. This could help for a solution to the problem. Until now I've never seen this property. Is it work in progress? Or are there maybe other suggestions? I want to solve this problem on a descent way, not with some kind of workaround (with timer or something like that). Thanks in advance. Best regards, Peter </body> </html>