On Sunday 14 January 2007 22:17, Kai Ponte wrote: > On Thursday 11 January 2007 10:48, Bryan S. Tyson wrote: > > On Thursday 11 January 2007 8:45 am, Kai Ponte wrote: > > > On Thursday 11 January 2007 03:44, Primm wrote: > > > > Under KDE in 10.2 I can 'safely remove' a disk by right clicking upon > > > > its icon. Is there a command line version to do the same? In any case > > > > what does it actually do? > > > > I think it does the same thing as when you manually issue the umount > > command. > > > > > > Can't I just pull the plug and walk away with it? > > > > In most cases, yes. However, since the "remove safely" option is > > available, I think it is best to use it. > > Where is this "remove safely" option? I am not sure what you are using. > Is it part of the CLI?
Right click on a mounted USB disk and you should get a 'remove safely' option. That's what I get on oss 10.2+updates. > > > Well, I've been repeatedly told I'm wrong, but for the past year or so > > > - on pretty much a daily basis - I've just been taking the thing out of > > > the socket and letting SUSE take care of the rest. > > > > My opinion is that it only takes an extra second to click "remove > > safely," so why not have the extra assurance that everything is written > > and synced properly. > > Hmmm...must be missing something. > I can post a screenshot of my right click menu if you want? Cheers Pete -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
