On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:01:13 +1300
Volker Kuhlmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Well lets put it this way: if you rip the drive off the computer while
> writing to it and without unmounting it first, you *will* be cursing
> regardless of whether it's USB or SATA, or Linux or Doze. Hint KDE:
> right-click on drive icon, select "safely remove". Hint XP: tell him to
> use Linux ;)

if you're really paranoid, then the command 

sync

followed by manually umounting the device is a pretty indestructable belt and 
braces approach. You'll be able to tell the really ancient of us by the number 
of times they issue the sync command (:

Steve

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