[frgeek-michiana] Re: How to remove USB drive
- From: "Tom Brown" <tbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:11:29 -0400
I just tested Eject on a USB thumb drive. Eject powers down the drive same
as Safely Remove Drive. I suppose the next test is to partition a thumb
drive to see if all partitions are mounted then unmounted before powering
down.
Tom --
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From: frgeek-michiana-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:frgeek-michiana-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Cook
Sent: Monday, July 11, 2011 18:25
To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Re: How to remove USB drive
To the best of my recollection:
"Unmount" unmounts a single partition
"Safely Remove Drive" unmounts all partitions on the device and powers down
the device.
"Eject" unmounts the media and then ejects it
They all sync the device first.
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Brown
Sent: Jul 11, 2011 5:58 PM
To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [frgeek-michiana] How to remove USB drive
A question came up at FGMLUG regarding removing USB thumb drives in Ubuntu:
Are "Eject" and "Safely Remove Drive" interchangeable options? The latter is
clearly the safe bet.
But what about Eject? Is it only for CDs and DVDS? Or will it flush drive
buffers too?
Too lazy to Google,
Tom --
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