On Wednesday 07 June 2006 10:00 am, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
*HOWEVER*, Microsoft _still_ recommends you go to the little notification try and say "eject" before you pull it. Because the NT kernel can still have buffers open, etc... I've gotten a _lot_ of corrupted USB sticks from users who didn't -- even 1 minute _after_ they stopped writing.
Yes, in Windows I always use the little "remove safely" icon in the system tray. A few times I have forgotten and just pulled it out (LED not lit). Twice it was corrupted. With Linux I still (even though not necessary) mount the USB stick using the command line. When done using it, I umount it with the command line and wait until it comes back to the prompt before pulling. Bryan *************************************** Powered by Mepis Linux 3.4-3 KDE 3.5.2 KMail 1.8.3 This is a Microsoft-free computer Bryan S. Tyson bryantyson@earthlink.net *************************************** -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com