What year is this, 1990? Linux KNOWS that the USB device has been disconnected - unmount it. This worked fine in 7.10, was broken in 8.04 and still is broken in 8.10.
And saying that yanking a USB drive will make it useless is disingenuous - at least once writing is finished, it is nigh-impossible to damage a USB drive by unexpectedly unplugging it (<0.1% of unplugs, maybe). -- accidental usb disconnect doesnt unmount https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/239294 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
