17 May
2004
17 May
'04
16:09
On Monday May 17 2004 11:30 am, Ales Jagodnik wrote:
Exactly this is the problem, I cannot do this as a normal user (from console or by right-clicking the icon in Mycomputer or Desktop). I have to log in as root (su) and manually umount /dev/sda1.
I am afraid that not unmounting the device would corrupt data (as in Windows without ejecting device). I guess "sync" option helps a bit?!?
I doubt that you will corrupt any data! I've had 9.1 running for over a week now, and have extracted uncounted images taken from my SanDisk Ultra II cards with NO problems. NO, I don't mount and unmount. 'Works perfectly. Fred -- "The only secure Microsoft software is what's still shrink-wrapped in their warehouse..." (Forno)