But if Enlightenment tells me that the copy is done, what am I supposed to do to ensure that pulling out the flash drive doesn't result in file corruption?
On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 10:56 AM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com>wrote: > On 05/04/2013 17:33, Damien Radtke wrote: > > My hunch is that it's being caused by failing to unmount correctly. When > I > > right-click on the flash drive and tell it to either Eject or Unmount, > > either a) nothing happens, or b) I get some weird unmount error. I don't > > remember the exact error message, but I can try it again later and report > > what it says. > > > > On a related note, am I supposed to Eject or Unmount the flash drive from > > my computer before pulling it out, or does it even matter? > > > It does matter, it matters a LOT. > > The speed you can write to a flash drive is a lot slower than drives. A > video for instance can be several GB long, and that can take minutes to > fully copy over. > > This has nothing to do with enlightenment or linux, it has to do with > how fast the stick can be written to. > > > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 10:14 PM, Gary <witsc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Quoting Damien Radtke <damienrad...@gmail.com>: > >> > >>> Recently I was trying to copy a video over to another computer (running > >>> Windows, in case it makes any difference) by using my flash drive, but > >>> Enlightenment seems to not like flash drives very much. The first time > I > >>> tried, the file appeared but had a size of 0 bytes. After a couple more > >>> attempts I managed to get the file onto the computer, but it crashed > >> about > >>> halfway through watching it. No matter what I tried, I couldn't get the > >>> file to copy to the flash drive without running into some sort of > >>> corruption. I ultimately got around the problem by re-downloading the > >> video > >>> on the computer I was trying to transfer it to. > >>> > >>> This is with 64-bit openSUSE 12.3. I recently had GNOME installed but > >>> switched to Enlightenment, but I don't remember running into these > sorts > >> of > >>> issues with GNOME. > >>> > >>> Anyone else run into anything similar, or know why this might be > >> happening? > >>> > >>> ~Damien > >> > >> I'm having similar issues with usb sticks when using efm. In my case > >> it looks like files are copied but when I eject the stick and insert > >> it into another computer it is empty. I really haven't done any > >> thorough testing and can't say that this happens 100% of the time. It > >> does happen though. I've also had this happen when using MC, so it > >> doesn't appear to be an E only thing. I usually end up using Nautilus > >> to do the copy, which usually works (again can't say it's 100%). My > >> system is Ubuntu 12.10, E 17.1. > >> > >> Unfortunately, I have no idea why this is happening. If I end up > >> finding anything I'll let you know. > >> > >> Gary > >> > >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> Minimize network downtime and maximize team effectiveness. > >> Reduce network management and security costs.Learn how to hire > >> the most talented Cisco Certified professionals. 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