Hello from Adam in NYC w SUSE 10.
As long as you dont have active file access, like a browser looking a subdirectory of the usb drive or a xterm sitting doing the same, you just do sync: sync: sync: and unmount. If there is complaining, then you just boobooed.
Adam
-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Brooks
Subj: [SLE] unplugging USB hard disks
Date: Thu Oct 20, 2005 12:45 pm
Size: 1016 bytes
To: SLE
Hi,
We've got an external USB HDD attached to our SuSE 9.3 box, and is being
mounted by HAL (subfs). I have a couple of quick questions:
Is it correct that the filesystem listed by "mount" for the drive in
question is floppyfss? I.e. output from mount:
/dev/sda1 on /media/disk type subfs
(rw,nosuid,nodev,sync,fs=floppyfss,procuid)
Last thing, given that normal users cannot umount the disk, is it okay
to just unplug it - obviously they should wait until their files are
transferred :) Are there any other safeguards one should recommend?
Cheers, Jon.
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