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

[Chamith Kumarage]

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

oh yea.. ;-)

you can use 'umount' to unmount your pen drive

$ umount /mnt/pendrive

Have Fun

    - GNU/ChAMI



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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sagara Wijetunga" <sagaralists at yahoo.com>
To: "For people using KDE on Linux with related questions/problems" 
<kde-linux at kde.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 9:19 AM
Subject: Re: [kde-linux] Correct way to remove USB Drive from 
KDE-Linuxsystem


--- 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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