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Date:      09 Jun 2003 04:15:38 -0400
From:      "Brandon S. Allbery " KF8NH <allbery@ece.cmu.edu>
To:        "Remington L." <cableboy@charter.net>
Cc:        freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: "Safely" removing USB hard drive
Message-ID:  <1055146538.26438.1.camel@rushlight.kf8nh.apk.net>
In-Reply-To: <auto-000051168986@remt26.cluster1.charter.net>
References:  <auto-000051168986@remt26.cluster1.charter.net>

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On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 02:36, Remington L. wrote:
> I have a USB keychain storage device. I can get it working fine but I cant
> figure out how to properly disconnect it. In windows I can detach the drive
> and the LED on the USB keychain goes off. Can this be accomplished in FBSD
> 5.1? Or is unmounting and simply removing it safe?

Simply unmounting it should be good enough.  "camcontrol stop" will
probably do what you want (*after* unmounting it).

-- 
brandon s allbery [openafs/solaris/japh/freebsd] allbery@kf8nh.apk.net
system administrator [linux/heimdal/too many hats] allbery@ece.cmu.edu
electrical and computer engineering                              KF8NH
carnegie mellon university  [better check the oblivious first -ke6sls]



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