[kde-linux] Correct way to remove USB Drive from KDE-Linux system

Sagara Wijetunga sagaralists at yahoo.com
Wed Aug 10 03:19:01 UTC 2005


--- Bogus Zaba <bogzab at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

> Is there a "correct" / safe way to remove a USB
> drive from the system?

In Unix (Linux, etc):

Correct way to attach: mount

Correct way to remove: umount

if you do not mount, you cannot access your drive
(hard disk, cd/dvd, USB drive, camera, etc).

If you do not umount before physical removal, you risk
data corruptions.

Sagara


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