On 3/6/07, List Mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Is there a Linux equivalent of the "remove hardware" command, something stronger than p/umount and friends?Background: on my friend's computer there are commands to "safely remove hardware." My friend insists it's safe to remove a USB thumb drive only afterits pilot light goes off. She was rather apprehensive when I took out her thumb drive from my Ubuntu box with the light still on, saying it might be damaged. I gave her some meek reassurance that Linux just does things differently ("iba lang ang Linux").
You can use the 'eject' command with the device root (not the partition only) to get the pilot light on the USB device to go off. -- ..^.. eric pareja ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) lpic-1 | software freedom for all |<(e)>| gnu linux python debian edu iosn localization tagalog filipino `..v..' foss internationalization usability pusakat philippines free "Ang mundo ay aklat, at iisang pahina lamang ang nababasa ng hindi naglalakbay." _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
