"Unmount" removes a single mounted partition, whereas "safely remove" removes all partitions. An observable difference include the disk's continued presence in both Nautilus and Disk Utility. Further, for disks containing multiple partitions, it would be better for all partitions to be removed using the "eject button" rather than just the one.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/875179 Title: Pressing eject button in nautilus does not safely remove device Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: OS: Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric stable Application: Nautilus 3.2.0 Next to the name of a USB device in Nautilus, there is an eject icon. Clicking on it, one would expect that the device is safe to remove. However, the device is merely unmounted, and not safely removed. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/875179/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
