On 06/15/12 03:23, Thomas Mueller wrote:
>> I can understand why I would see activity on a USB device when it's first
>> plugged in. But why do I see continued activity (i.e. the light blinks on a
>> usb disk or memory stick)? When I umount one of these, they keep being beat
>> up on and it ma
> I can understand why I would see activity on a USB device when it's first
> plugged in. But why do I see continued activity (i.e. the light blinks on a
> usb disk or memory stick)? When I umount one of these, they keep being beat
> up on and it makes me nervous... At what point is it sync'd
On Thursday 14 June 2012 15:45:46 Polytropon wrote:
> However, as you said
> it might be possible that _inside_ the USB stick there is
> still an action that needs to be performed and therefore
> requires power.
That's a possibility.
> But I doubt this takes several seconds to
> complete...
I'
On Thu, 14 Jun 2012 09:49:00 -0400 (EDT), Daniel Feenberg wrote:
> Is it possible that there is volitile memory buffering in the stick that
> may not have been written to flash when umount thinks it is complete, and
> the flashing light is an indication that power is still required to
> complete
On Thu, 14 Jun 2012, Mike Clarke wrote:
On Thursday 14 June 2012 07:05:11 Polytropon wrote:
I don't think that's a problem. I've got a USB stick here
that has a blinkenlight as soon as it's powered on (plugged
in), even if there is no reading / writing / mounting activity.
After you've succe
On Thursday 14 June 2012 07:05:11 Polytropon wrote:
> I don't think that's a problem. I've got a USB stick here
> that has a blinkenlight as soon as it's powered on (plugged
> in), even if there is no reading / writing / mounting activity.
>
> After you've successfully performed umount, the USB sti
Polytropon wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Jun 2012 22:26:16 -0600, Gary Aitken wrote:
>> I can understand why I would see activity on a USB device
>> when it's first plugged in. But why do I see continued
>> activity (i.e. the light blinks on a usb disk or memory stick)?
>> When I umount one of these, they
On Wed, 13 Jun 2012 22:26:16 -0600, Gary Aitken wrote:
> I can understand why I would see activity on a USB device
> when it's first plugged in. But why do I see continued
> activity (i.e. the light blinks on a usb disk or memory stick)?
> When I umount one of these, they keep being beat up on an
I can understand why I would see activity on a USB device when it's first
plugged in. But why do I see continued activity (i.e. the light blinks on a
usb disk or memory stick)? When I umount one of these, they keep being beat up
on and it makes me nervous... At what point is it sync'd and saf