From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 9 01:15:40 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4CF237B401; Mon, 9 Jun 2003 01:15:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ece.cmu.edu (ECE.CMU.EDU [128.2.136.200]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D300743FBD; Mon, 9 Jun 2003 01:15:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from allbery@ece.cmu.edu) Received: from rushlight (allbery@allbery.dsl.telerama.com [205.201.8.182]) (authenticated) by ece.cmu.edu (8.11.0/8.10.2) with ESMTP id h598Fc302988; Mon, 9 Jun 2003 04:15:38 -0400 (EDT) From: "Brandon S. Allbery " KF8NH To: "Remington L." In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1055146538.26438.1.camel@rushlight.kf8nh.apk.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.4 Date: 09 Jun 2003 04:15:38 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "Safely" removing USB hard drive X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2003 08:15:41 -0000 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]