understood.   I'll leave it in then.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Douglas Royds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 6:47 PM
Subject: Re: What's stopping my USB drive from un-automounting?


> It should be. The chips will be rated for normal domestic use (sitting in
the
> sun, plus some heating from the PC). These things have to work in
Australia,
> don't forget!
>
> Judy & Lindsay Roberts wrote:
> > I have a slightly different query on USB Keys
> > Is it safe to leave the key plugged in all the time the power is on?  I
have
> > in mind heat on the chips?
> >
> >
> >>do you need to unmount it merely because it is not in use, or is it only
> >>necessary to mount/unmount on insertion/extraction?
> >>
> >>all that mounting and unmountinng will wear out your mount binary,
> >>leading to early failure :-)
> >
> >
>
>
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