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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