Yes, so far it appears that when I unmount nicely there is no issue. You understand I am not just turning off the external? I am waiting for the PC to power off, then turning off the external. What you say does make sense, just don't understand why it is an issue when I am waiting to turn off the power (but hey, there are many things I don't understand about computing)
I an very new to Linux, was using Ubuntu, now using LinuxMint (and loving it, though I sorely miss the Ubuntu DE). Anyway, a search in synaptic for automount turns up something called "autofs", with this description: kernel-based automounter for Linux Autofs controls the operation of the automount daemons. The automount daemons automatically mount filesystems when they are used and unmount them after a period of inactivity. This is done based on a set of pre-configured maps. The kernel automounter implements an almost complete SunOS style automounter under Linux. Automounter version 4 (autofs4) has to be enabled when compiling the kernel. Debian packaged kernels have it enabled. This is what you are referring to? Is it something I configure once it is installed? Thanks for the replies. -- mgh ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mgh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10308 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36521 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/unix
