Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 13:39:49 +0200 From: Marc van Kempen <marc@bowtie.nl> To: "Karel J. Bosschaart" <karelj@kayjay.nl> Cc: Ivan Voras <ivoras@fer.hr> Subject: Re: USB memory stick hotswap problems Message-ID: <41594D85.4090801@bowtie.nl> In-Reply-To: <20040926194744.GA8196@kayjay.xs4all.nl> References: <41555396.4030009@fer.hr> <20040926194744.GA8196@kayjay.xs4all.nl>
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Karel J. Bosschaart wrote: >On Sat, Sep 25, 2004 at 01:16:38PM +0200, Ivan Voras wrote: > > >>What is the expected behavour when umounting USB drives which have >>already been unplugged? :) >>I'm sure I'm not the only one who often forgets to umount these thingies >>when leaving the site I'm working at the moment, so it should probably >>be something other than what I always encounter (BETA5): >> >> >> ><snip> > > >>Any ideas how to solve or circumevent these problems? (Aside from "don't >>do that"). >> >> > >I'm using mtools (and mtoolsfm as a graphical frontend) for accessing >my USB memory stick. This does not require mounting the device. >A disadvantage is that this only works for devices with a FAT filesystem. > > > A nice feature of kde is (I wasn't aware of this until recently) is that it can use mtools transparantly in konqueror, just specify floppy:/<driveletter> as the url, where drive letter is the one that you would use with mtools. Possibly the gnome file manager can do something similar. cheers, Marc.
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