On Mon, 31 May 2010 16:46:20 -0600
Michael Torrie <[email protected]> wrote:

> I think you are incorrect about your idea that there's an unsafe way
> to unmount the disk.  Whenever you unmount a disk, before the command
> returns, an implicit sync happens.  Once the umount command finishes,
> it's safe to remove the drive, or power it off.

Right. But pulling the cable without doing a umount could get messy.

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