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 <jonathan.brooks@human-anatomy.oxford.ac.uk> Subj: [SLE] unplugging USB hard disks Date: Thu Oct 20, 2005 12:45 pm Size: 1016 bytes To: SLE <suse-linux-e@suse.com> 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. -- Jonathan Brooks (Ph.D.) Research Assistant. PaIN Group, Department of Human Anatomy & Genetics, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QX tel: +44(0)1865-282654 fax: +44(0)1865-282656 web: http://www.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/~jon -- 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