What is the other error message that you get? I've got a couple USB hard drives (hard drive & a memory stick/disk on key) and I just issue the umount /dev/sdX command to it when I want to unmount/remove it and I don't receive any other errors. Curt > I have a USB hard drive. I finally mounted it and have backed up some > files to it. Before I unplug it I do this: > > 1.) umount /dev/sdb > > It works. But I get another message that makes me think that I should do > one more thing BEFORE turning it off and unplugging it. > > Does anyone know? > > Robert > > > -- /* * Curt Binder < binder at gotpenguin dot com > */