[frgeek-michiana] Re: How to remove USB drive
- From: Rick Tribble <rtribble@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 14:30:40 -0400
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On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Tony Germano <tony_germano@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> I don't have a system to test on right now, but I seem to remember that
> one of them removes the desktop icon and the other doesn't... I could be
> wrong, though.
>
> Tony
>
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> From: tbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Re: How to remove USB drive
> 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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