[Gllug] External hard disk under linux - unmount safely

[John Winters]

On Sun, 2006-03-05 at 12:35 +0000, Jack Bertram wrote:
> I've added an external hard disk to one of my linux boxes, and it has
> detected and automounted it perfectly.  I can unmount it manually - but
> if I want to unplug it while the linux machine is switched on, do I have
> to tell the USB system something before I do so?  Or will it
> "just work" if I unplug it?

Make sure you've unmounted it and then just unplug it.

HTH
John

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