* Bryan Tyson <bryantyson@earthlink.net> [12-11-02 18:27]:
On Wednesday 11 December 2002 13:36, SuSEnixER wrote:
Eject will umount AND open the tray or eject the disk. Use eject if you intend to remove the cd/dve/ls120-disk/ide-floppy/optical-disk. If you are not going to remove the medium and want the drive un-mounted, use umount <device|mount-point>.
Thank you. How does this help the original problem of the /dev designation incrementing each time he umounts and mounts the USB disk?
The specific question he asked and I answered was:
Could you please explain what determines when one should use eject vs. umount?
Eject will umount AND open the tray or eject the disk. Use eject if you intend to remove the cd/dve/ls120-disk/ide-floppy/optical-disk. If you are not going to remove the medium and want the drive un-mounted, use umount <device|mount-point>. Thank YOU. -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org icq#173753138